Mar 17, 2025 School Board Meeting

[A. OPENING OF MEETING]

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I'D LIKE TO CALL THE REGULAR PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD MEETING TO ORDER FOR MARCH 17TH, 2025. MISS KIRK, IF YOU WILL, CALL THE ROLL, PLEASE.

MR. JOHNSON. HERE. MRS. ANDREWS. HERE. MRS. CRIST.

HERE. MISS TAYLOR. HERE. MR. ELY. HERE. NOW I NEED A MOTION TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION, PLEASE.

[2. MOTION TO GO INTO A CLOSED MEETING TO DISCUSS PERSONNEL MATTERS RELATING TO THE EMPLOYMENT, ASSIGNMENT, APPOINTMENT, PROMOTION, DEMOTION, PERFORMANCE, SALARIES, OR RESIGNATION OF DISTRICT EMPLOYEES, AND SPECIFIC STUDENT DISCIPLINE, RESIDENCY AND/OR PRIVACY OF INDIVIDUAL STUDENT (PURSUANT TO VA. CODE SECTION 2.2-3711)]

SECOND. MOTION BY MISS ANDREWS. SECOND BY MISS TAYLOR.

ROLL CALL PLEASE. MRS.. CHRIS. YES. MISS TAYLOR.

YES. MR. JOHNSON. YES. MRS. ANDREWS? YES. MR. ELY? YES. WE'RE IN CLOSED SESSION. ALL RIGHT.

THE BOARD HAS BEEN IN CLOSED SESSION. I NEED A MOTION TO COME BACK INTO OPEN SESSION, PLEASE.

[C. PUBLIC SESSION]

WE WILL HAVE TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION ONLY DISCUSSING THE ITEMS. WAIT A SECOND. I MOVE THAT WE RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION AND STATE.

THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HAS CONVENED IN CLOSED SESSION ON THIS DATE, PURSUANT TO AN AFFIRMATIVE RECORDED VOTE IN ACCORDANCE WITH PROVISIONS OF THE VIRGINIA FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AND PURSUANT TO SECTION 2.23712 OF THE CODE OF VIRGINIA, REQUIRES A CERTIFICATION BY THE SCHOOL BOARD.

THAT SUCH CLOSED MEETING WAS CONDUCTED IN CONFORMITY WITH THE LAW.

THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD HEREBY CERTIFIES THAT THE BEST OF EACH MEMBER'S KNOWLEDGE ONLY PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS LAWFULLY EXEMPTED ARE OPEN MEETING REQUIREMENTS BY THE LAW. VIRGINIA LAW WERE DISCUSSED IN CLOSED MEETING TO WHICH THIS CERTIFICATION APPLIES.

ONLY SUCH PUBLIC BUSINESS MATTERS AS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE MOTION CONVENING THE CLOSED SESSION WERE HEARD, DISCUSSED OR CONSIDERED, AND WE WILL BE GOING BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS MEETING.

SECOND MOTION BY MISS ANDREW. SECOND BY MISS TAYLOR.

ROLL CALL PLEASE. MRS. CRISP. YES. MISS TAYLOR? YES. MISS JOHNSON. YES. MISS ANDREWS? YES. YES.

NOW, I NEED CERTIFICATION OF THE CLOSED MEETING IN ITEM A 41 2425.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO UPHOLD THE DECISION OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE DISCIPLINE TEAM HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION? IS THERE A MOTION? I MAKE A MOTION TO ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION.

I SECOND. MOTION BY MISS TAYLOR. SECOND BY MISS ANDREWS.

ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. JOHNSON. YES. MISS TAYLOR? YES. MRS. ANDREWS? YES. MRS.. CHRIS. YES. MR. ELY. YES. IN STUDENT MATTER ZERO TWO 2425. INFORMATION ONLY.

IN STUDENT MATTER ZERO FOUR 2425. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO DENY THE OUT OF DIVISION REQUEST FOR STUDENT ENROLLMENT.

YOU'VE HEARD THE RECOMMENDATION. I MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE THE RECOMMENDATION. I SECOND. MOTION BY MISS ANDREWS.

SECOND BY MISS TAYLOR. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MRS. CRIST. NO. MR. JOHNSON. NO. MISS TAYLOR. YES, MRS. ANDREWS? YES. MR. ELY? YES.

THANK YOU. ALL THREE AT THE SAME TIME? YEAH. HE'S.

IN STUDENT MATTER ZERO SIX, ZERO SEVEN AND ZERO EIGHT, MR. JOHNSON. I'LL LEAVE IT TO YOU. THANK YOU. I MOVE THAT THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT ADOPT AND OR MODIFY ALL PRACTICE, PROCEDURE AND POLICY STATING THAT ANY STUDENT OF THE OPPOSITE GENDER GENDER, EXCUSE ME, ENTERING A LOCKER ROOM DESIGNATED FOR THE OTHER GENDER WILL RESULT IN AN AUTOMATIC TEN DAY OUT OF SCHOOL SUSPENSION, WITH MORE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES IF THERE ARE FURTHER INCIDENTS.

THIS POLICY IS INTENDED TO ENSURE THE SAFETY, PRIVACY AND DIGNITY OF ALL STUDENTS WHILE UTILIZING LOCKER ROOM FACILITIES.

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ROLL CALL. MRS. ANDREWS. YES. MRS. TAYLOR. YES.

MRS.. CHRIS. YES. MR. JOHNSON. YES. ELI. YES.

IN MATTER. P 34 2425. IT IS THE RECOMMENDATION TO APPOINT THE PERSON FOR THE POSITION OF HUMAN RESOURCES DIRECTOR.

I MOVE THAT WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION THAT WE APPROVE IT.

SECOND. MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON. SECOND BY MISS CHRIS.

ROLL CALL. MISS TAYLOR. ABSTAIN. MRS. ANDREWS.

ABSTAIN. MR. JOHNSON? YES. MR.. CHRIS. YES. MR..

ELY? YES. IN MATTER. P 3435. PARDON ME? 24.

25. THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO UPHOLD THE COACH'S DECISION.

UNDER RECOMMENDATION, I MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION.

I SECOND. MOTION BY MISS TAYLOR. SECOND BY MISS ANDREWS.

ROLL CALL. MRS. GRIST. ABSTAIN. MR. JOHNSON. YES.

MRS. ANDREWS. YES. MISS TAYLOR. YES. MR. ELY? YES. AND WE HAVE TWO OTHER MATTERS WE WILL GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION.

FOR AS WE ARE DONE AT THIS TIME. WOULD EVERYONE PLEASE RISE FOR THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE? MR.. MISS CHRIS, IF YOU DO THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE. AND MR. JOHNSON, IF YOU WILL DO THE INVOCATION. STAND UP.

I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL.

OUR DEAR HEAVENLY FATHER, WE'RE GRATEFUL TO BE GATHERED HERE, THIS BEGINNING OF THIS SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE THY BLESSINGS THAT YOU'VE BESTOWED UPON US IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE.

WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE FACILITIES. BUT MOST IMPORTANT, WE'RE WE'RE WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LABOR SO TIRELESSLY FOR THE BENEFIT OF OUR CHILDREN. AND WE PRAY THAT YOU MIGHT SUSTAIN THEM AND THAT YOU MIGHT PROTECT AND WATCH OVER OUR CHILDREN, THAT THEY MIGHT GROW AND DEVELOP AND FULFILL THEIR DESTINY.

AND THESE THINGS WE ASK HUMBLY AS WELL AS FOR THE GIFT OF DISCERNMENT, WISDOM, AND UNDERSTANDING TO DO THOSE THINGS WHICH WOULD BE OF MOST WORTH AND VALUE.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS CHRIST, AMEN. AMEN. AMEN.

ALL RIGHT, BOARD MEMBERS, YOU HAVE AN AGENDA IN FRONT OF YOU.

IF THERE'S NO ADDITIONS OR SUBTRACTIONS AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO MOTION TO APPROVE THE AGENDA.

MR. ELY, I WOULD LIKE TO REMOVE THE. APPROVAL OF THE 25, 26 BUDGET.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT WE, AS SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO PROVIDE ANY INPUT OR TO REVIEW IT AS A WHOLE. AND I THINK TO ASK SOMEBODY TO RUBBER STAMP IT TO PASS IT IS A LITTLE WRONG, BUT SO I WILL APPROVE THE AGENDA WITH THE REMOVAL OF THAT.

I SECOND THAT. AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE MISS KIRK AND DOCTOR LYLE DID NOT TRY TO GET US TO MEET PEOPLE JUST WEREN'T AVAILABLE.

SO HOPEFULLY WE CAN HAVE SOME MEETINGS NEXT WEEK AND GET IT APPROVED BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH.

ALL RIGHT. YOU HAVE A MOTION BY MISS CHRIS AND A SECOND BY MISS ANDREWS.

ROLL CALL PLEASE. MISS TAYLOR? YES. MR. JOHNSON? YES. MRS.. CHRIS. YES. MRS. ANDREWS? YES. MR. ELY. YES. ALL RIGHT. AND NOW I NEED APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES.

I MAKE A MOTION. WE APPROVE THE MINUTES OF THE FEBRUARY 10TH REGULAR SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

FEBRUARY 24TH. SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, WORK SESSION, PUBLIC HEARING.

MARCH 3RD. SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, WORK SESSION AND MARCH 10TH SPECIAL SCHOOL BOARD MEETING.

I SECOND. MOTION BY MISS TAYLOR. SECOND BY MISS ANDREWS.

ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. JOHNSON. YES. MRS. ANDREWS? YES. MISS TAYLOR. YES. MRS.. CHRIS. YES. MR. HEALY.

YES. SO NOW WE'LL MOVE INTO RECOGNITIONS. FIRST IS DOCTOR LAW.

[1. Special Recognitions]

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AND I SEE A COUPLE OF OUR ADMINISTRATORS HERE.

SO IF MR. WESTON AND MISS KIMBROUGH WOULD PLEASE COME FORWARD.

GOOD EVENING. HOW ARE Y'ALL GUYS DOING? I APPRECIATE THIS OPPORTUNITY.

WE WANT TO RECOGNIZE HANNA FERREIRO AND HER PARENTS.

COME ON. YOU GUYS GET TO COME UP TO US. SHE'S ONE OF OUR OUTSTANDING NINTH GRADERS AT CLEMENTS.

AND THIS YEAR, SHE WAS SELECTED TO BE A PART OF THE 2025 GENERAL ASSEMBLY SENATE PAGE PROGRAM.

SO SHE GOT TO REPRESENT CLEMENTS IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY AT THE SENATE AS A SENATE PAGE THIS YEAR AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY.

CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. YOUNG LADY, WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU A CUP. YEAH. COME ON UP AS WELL. YEAH. WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU.

STAND RIGHT HERE, FRONT AND CENTER. YEAH. WE HAVE.

CONGRATULATIONS. WE'RE SO PROUD OF YOU. AND I KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO DO A GREAT JOB OF REPRESENTING PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. HERE YOU GO.

ALRIGHT, NOW IT'S ALL NICE AND PRETTY. PLEASE.

ALRIGHT, I'M GOING IN. MICHAEL, ARE WE GOOD? EVERYONE HERE? THANK YOU.

SO YOU SAW MISS JONES? IS SHE HERE? SO, MISS BARNWELL YOU'VE GOT YOUR ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM WITH YOU.

IF YOU ALL WILL PLEASE COME FORWARD AND ALONG.

WHERE IS MISS JAMES? THERE SHE IS.

SO TONIGHT WE ARE PRESENTING CHRISTINA JONES WITH THE 2425 ACT OF KINDNESS AWARD.

THE ACT OF KINDNESS AWARD IS PRESENTED FOR ALWAYS PROVIDING A WELCOMING AND SUPPORTIVE, SUPPORTIVE ATMOSPHERE FOR STUDENTS BY MAINTAINING A BRIGHT SMILE AND A POSITIVE ATTITUDE. SHARING ENCOURAGING WORDS. ASSISTING STUDENTS IN PROVIDING A CARING PRESENCE AT ALL TIMES.

YOUR PATIENCE, EMPATHY AND UPLIFTING SPIRIT MAKE YOU A ROLE MODEL FOR STUDENTS AND STAFF.

SO AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO PRESENT THE ACT OF KINDNESS AWARD TO MISS CHRISTINA JONES, WHO IS A PARAPROFESSIONAL AT MIDDLE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.

CONGRATULATIONS. THERE WE GO. ALL RIGHT. MICHAEL, ARE WE GOOD? OF COURSE YOU ARE, BOYS. HANG ON. WE'RE GOING TO GET HER.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. YEAH. WHERE ARE YOU BOYS? YEAH, YEAH.

COME ON.

YOU'RE STAYING HERE, RIGHT? YEAH, RIGHT BESIDE BOB.

THERE YOU GO. ARE WE GOOD? OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

REAL QUICK. ABSOLUTELY. THIS FALL, SOME OF YOU MAY NOT KNOW, NO, BUT WHAT YOU SEE ON HER SHIRT THERE IS HER SON.

MICHAEL WAS KILLED IN A CAR ACCIDENT THIS FALL.

HE WAS A RED FOOTBALL PLAYER FOR US. HE WILL FOREVER BE A SPECIAL PLACE AS THE REC DEPARTMENT.

WE HAVE A PICTURE OF HIM IN OUR TROPHY CASE. AND I HAVE A CARD THAT CAME FROM YOU THAT'S HANGING UP IN MY OFFICE.

SO JUST WANTED TO SAY WE'RE SORRY FOR YOUR LOSS, BUT WE UNDERSTAND THAT YOU'RE GRIEVING, AND THE SCHOOL DIVISION CAN HELP YOU IN ANY WAY

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YES.

ARE YOU PROUD OF YOUR MOM? YES. YES. YOU PROUD OF YOUR MOM? AWESOME. I'LL HELP YOU ONE MORE TIME. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD JOB.

OKAY. OUR NEXT RECOGNITION IS A CORPORATE SPONSOR.

MR. JERRY CUFFEE FROM THE CAMDEN FOUNDATION, I BELIEVE, MR. CUFFE. THERE YOU ARE. IF YOU'LL COME ON UP.

SO TONIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO RECOGNIZE MR. CUFFEE AND THE CAMERON FOUNDATION, BECAUSE THEY HAND-DELIVERED TO US BACK IN JANUARY A CHECK FOR $16,000 TO PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THE GRANT WILL BE USED TO TO REIMBURSE FOR THE FOLLOWING EXPENSES.

COST OF COURSE, IS TAKEN BY OUR PROVISIONALLY LICENSED TEACHERS AND THE COST OF THE LICENSURE APPLICATION FEES.

AND SO TONIGHT WE WOULD LIKE TO RECOGNIZE MR. CATHY ON BEHALF OF THE CAMERON FOUNDATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ARE WE GOOD? A LITTLE BIT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT, MISS MAGUIRE, IF YOU WILL, PLEASE COME FORWARD SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE OUR SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS.

GOOD EVENING. I APPRECIATE THE OPPORTUNITY TO RECOGNIZE SOME VERY IMPORTANT MEMBERS OF OUR STUDENT SERVICES TEAM.

EARLIER THIS MONTH. THE FIRST WEEK IN MARCH IS NATIONAL SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKER WEEK.

SO TONIGHT, WE ARE TAKING AN OPPORTUNITY TO THANK SOME WONDERFUL PEOPLE FOR THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.

AMONG THEM, UNFORTUNATELY, ONE MEMBER COULD NOT JOIN US TONIGHT.

SHE IS ACTUALLY PART OF A GRANT AND THEY ARE IN SOME TRAINING IN THE EASTERN PART OF THE STATE TODAY.

BUT SHE IS DEFINITELY WITH US IN SPIRIT. THE OTHER THREE HERE ARE JOINING ME, AND I'D LIKE TO INTRODUCE THEM.

MISTER LISA CLAIBORNE, WHO HAS FOUR YEARS OF SERVICE AND IN SOCIAL WORK, AND IT'S HER SECOND YEAR IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY.

MR. MATT HALL, WITH 34 YEARS OF SERVICE, ALL WITH PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

MR. ERICA JOHNSON. WE KEEP PULLING THEM BACK.

MISS ERICA JOHNSON, WHO IS ABSENT TONIGHT, BUT SHE IS SPENT ALL EIGHT OF HER YEARS WITH US IN THE DIVISION.

AND THEN MISS KIDWELL, WHO HAS 11 YEARS AS A SCHOOL, AS A SOCIAL WORKER, BUT HER FIRST YEAR AS A SCHOOL, SOCIAL WORK IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION. SO IF YOU'LL JOIN ME BY, PLEASE GIVING THESE WONDERFUL PEOPLE A ROUND OF APPLAUSE AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE.

JENNIFER. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK.

YOU ALL. RIGHT HERE IN THE MIDDLE. YES. DO YOU WANT THE BOARD MEMBERS UP ON TOP? THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. NOT NOW. NOT NOW. NO. OH,

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SO I HAVE THE PLEASURE TONIGHT OF INTRODUCING OUR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.

AND THEN WHAT? OH, I'M SO SORRY. I WILL MAKE SURE THEY DO THAT, BUT I JUST WANTED TO KIND OF LET EVERYBODY KNOW WHAT WE'RE DOING.

SO SO WE WILL START WITH MISS PELL, ARE YOU HERE? YES. YOU ARE. SO WE'RE GOING TO LET YOU COME FORWARD AND INTRODUCE YOUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

HI. READY? OKAY. HI. GOOD EVENING. IT'S AN HONOR TO STAND BEFORE YOU THIS EVENING AS WE CELEBRATE TRULY EXCEPTIONAL INDIVIDUALS, OUR TEACHERS. THIS YEAR, BEASLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL HAS RECOGNIZED SOMEONE WHO HAS MADE A PROFOUND IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OUR STUDENTS, OUR SCHOOL, AND OUR COMMUNITY. SHE NOT ONLY EXCELS IN THE CLASSROOM, BUT ALSO GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO INSPIRE, ENCOURAGE, AND SHAPE THE FUTURE OF THE STUDENTS THAT SHE TEACHES.

ONE THING THAT MAKES HER SUCH A SPECIAL TEACHER IS HER PASSION FOR TEACHING AND STUDENT SUCCESS.

SHE HAS A WONDERFUL ABILITY TO CONNECT WITH STUDENTS ON A PERSONAL LEVEL, AND FOSTERS AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE LEARNING IS NOT ONLY AN EXPECTATION, BUT AN ENGAGING EXPERIENCE. AS A TEACHER. SHE LEADS BY EXAMPLE.

SHE COLLABORATES NOT ONLY WITH HER BEAZLEY TEAM, BUT SHARES HER RESOURCES, INSIGHT AND KNOWLEDGE WITH OTHER TEACHERS IN THE DIVISION.

IN ADDITION, SHE FOSTERS THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUTURE EDUCATORS BY TAKING ON PRACTICUM STUDENTS AND STUDENT TEACHERS IN HER CLASSROOM TO HELP IN THEIR EDUCATIONAL TRAINING.

IT IS MY PLEASURE TO INTRODUCE TO YOU THE BEAZLEY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MRS. JENNIFER BOWEN.

THANK YOU. WHERE DO YOU WANT US? OKAY. WHERE DO YOU WANT? TO SLEEP. SORRY. MY FIRST TIME. OH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO REPRESENT WHAT I BELIEVE IS THE VERY BEST COUNTY IN THE ENTIRE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF THE WORLD, BEASLEY ELEMENTARY IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY. SO THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY.

I'M HUMBLED AND I PROMISE I WON'T LET ANYBODY EVER DOWN.

ALL RIGHT, MR. SCRUGGS, UP NEXT, IF YOU WILL COME FORWARD AND INTRODUCE YOUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR HARRISON ELEMENTARY.

YES, SIR. GOOD EVENING. I HAVE THE HONOR OF INTRODUCING HARRISON'S 25 TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MISS LAMONT LEE. MISS LEE BEGAN WITH PG AND HARRISON IN AUGUST OF 2022.

OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS, HER PASSION AND DEDICATION TO OUR HARRISON BEARS HAS GROWN MORE AND MORE EACH DAY.

AS EXCUSE ME. AS A SPECIAL EDUCATION LEARNING SPECIALIST, SHE SUPPORTS STUDENTS IN BOTH THE GENERAL EDUCATION CLASSROOM AND THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SETTING. SHE'S A ROCK STAR WHEN IT COMES TO WRITING AND HOLDING HER IEP MEETINGS.

AND A QUICK STORY. WHEN WE HIRED MRS. LEE, I CALLED HER FORMER PRINCIPAL AND THE PRINCIPAL.

FIRST WORDS WAS, I AM NOT TALKING TO YOU. AND SHE RAVED AND RAVED ABOUT MRS. LEE, SO I KNEW WE GRABBED A GOOD ONE. HARRISON'S ELEMENTARY IS PLEASED AND PROUD TO RECOGNIZE MRS. LEE FOR HER DEDICATION TO OUR BEARS. WE CAN ALWAYS COUNT ON HER TO ENGAGE, ENCOURAGE, AND INSPIRE HER STUDENTS, HER PARENTS, AND HER COLLEAGUES EVERY DAY. MRS. LEE. ALL RIGHT.

GOOD JOB. YEP. OKAY. NEXT. IF WE COULD HAVE MRS. BARNWELL COME FORWARD TO INTRODUCE MIDDLE ROAD ELEMENTARY'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

GOOD EVENING. I AM PLEASED TO INTRODUCE MIDDLE ROAD ELEMENTARY'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MISS ELIZABETH HOLCOMB.

MISS HOLCOMB HAS BEEN TEACHING IN PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY FOR SEVEN YEARS, AND IN THAT TIME I HAVE CONSISTENTLY BEEN IMPRESSED WITH HER DEDICATION, SKILL AND PASSION FOR HER STUDENTS AND HER CRAFT.

MISS HOLCOMB IS AN EXCEPTIONAL FIFTH GRADE TEACHER WHO GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO ENSURE HER STUDENTS THRIVE ACADEMICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

SHE BUILDS MEANINGFUL AND POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OF HER STUDENTS, WHETHER IT BE DURING A COMPETITIVE GAME OF FOOTBALL OR RECESS, OR CHALLENGING THEM TO EXPAND ON THEIR THOUGHTS WHEN GIVEN A WRITING PROMPT.

HER APPROACH TO TEACHING IS GROUNDED IN CREATING CONNECTIONS THAT ENGAGE HER STUDENTS, MAKING CONTENT BOTH ACCESSIBLE AND RELEVANT TO THEIR LIVES.

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PLEASE HELP ME BRING UP MISS HOLCOMB.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS.

MISS RAWLINGS. WILL PLEASE COME FORWARD TO INTRODUCE NORTH ELEMENTARY'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

GOOD EVENING. IT IS WITH GREAT ADMIRATION AND HONOR THAT WE PRESENT OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MISS RANKIN. MRS. RANKIN HAS PLAYED AN INVALUABLE ROLE AT NORTH ELEMENTARY.

SHE HAS BEEN TEACHING FOR 12 YEARS, AND SIX OF THOSE HAVE BEEN WITH NORTH ELEMENTARY.

HER BACKGROUND INCLUDES PRE-K, KINDERGARTEN, AND FIRST GRADE.

OUR LITTLEST LEARNERS. FROM THE MOMENT YOU STEP INTO MRS. RANKIN'S CLASSROOM, IT IS CLEAR THAT SOMETHING SPECIAL IS HAPPENING.

SHE CREATES AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS FEEL INSPIRED, SUPPORTED AND ENCOURAGED TO REACH THEIR FULLEST POTENTIAL.

WITH DEEP COMMITMENT TO STUDENT SUCCESS, SHE GOES BEYOND TEXTBOOKS AND LESSON PLANS, FOSTERING CURIOSITY, CREATIVITY, AND A LOVE FOR LEARNING. WE ARE SO LUCKY TO HAVE MRS. RANKIN IN OUR BUILDING. MRS. RANKIN, YOUR DEDICATION DOES NOT GO UNNOTICED.

YOUR PASSION FOR EDUCATION TRANSFORMS LIVES, AND TODAY WE ARE PRIVILEGED TO RECOGNIZE YOUR HARD WORK AND COMMITMENT ON BEHALF OF THE ENTIRE SCHOOL COMMUNITY. THANK YOU FOR BEING AN INCREDIBLE EDUCATOR THAT YOU ARE.

PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MRS. RANKIN.

YOU'RE OUR FAVORITE FOUR LEAF CLOVER.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. NEXT, IF MRS BRASWELL WILL PLEASE COME FORWARD TO INTRODUCE SOUTH ELEMENTARY'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

GOOD EVENING EVERYONE. IT IS WITH GREAT PRIDE THAT WE CELEBRATE SHANTEL MAY AS SOUTH ELEMENTARY'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

MRS. MAY IS THE HEART OF OUR SCHOOL. GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND TO SUPPORT HER STUDENTS EVERY SINGLE DAY.

WITH HER FRIENDLY AND POSITIVE SPIRIT, SHE CREATES A CLASSROOM WHERE STUDENTS FEEL VALUED, ENCOURAGED AND INSPIRED TO REACH THEIR FULL POTENTIAL.

A TRUE LEADER AMONG HER PEERS, MRS. MAY IS NOT ONLY HARD WORKING, BUT ALSO DEEPLY DEDICATED TO BUILDING MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH STUDENTS, FAMILIES AND COLLEAGUES. HER PASSION FOR TEACHING, TEACHING, AND UNWAVERING COMMITMENT TO EXCELLENCE MAKE HER MORE THAN DESERVING OF THIS HONOR. PLEASE HELP ME WELCOME SHANTEL MAE, A SHINING EXAMPLE OF WHAT IT MEANS TO BE AN OUTSTANDING EDUCATOR IN SOUTH ELEMENTARY'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

YAY! THANK YOU. I DON'T KNOW. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT. IF WE COULD PLEASE HAVE MISS DRURY COME FORWARD SO WE CAN RECOGNIZE PRINCE GEORGE EDUCATION CENTER'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

LOOKS LIKE MISS. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT? GOOD EVENING. I'M NOT MISS DRURY, BUT I USED TO BE THE PRINCIPAL AT THE ED CENTER, SO I'M SO EXCITED TO INTRODUCE THE TEACHER OF THE YEAR FOR THE ED CENTER BECAUSE I HIRED THIS TEACHER. SO THIS IS SO WONDERFUL THAT I GET THIS OPPORTUNITY.

AND MISS DRURY SENDS HER REGRETS THAT SHE COULD NOT BE HERE THIS EVENING.

SO I'M GOING TO READ HER WORDS. I HAVE THE PRIVILEGE OF RECOGNIZING AN EDUCATOR WHO TRULY EMBODIES DEDICATION, PASSION, AND LEADERSHIP. OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR, COACH GRISSETT COACH GRISSETT IS MORE THAN JUST A HEALTH AND PE TEACHER.

SHE IS A MENTOR, A MOTIVATOR, AND A ROLE MODEL.

SHE GOES ABOVE AND BEYOND TO BUILD MEANINGFUL RELATIONSHIPS WITH HER STUDENTS AND COLLEAGUES, CREATING A POSITIVE AND SUPPORTIVE ENVIRONMENT FOR EVERYONE AROUND HER.

BEYOND THE CLASSROOM, SHE BALANCES A RIGOROUS CURRICULUM WHILE COACHING AFTER SCHOOL SPORTS, SERVING ON THE SUPERINTENDENT'S COMMITTEE, AND EVEN PURSUING FURTHER EDUCATION.

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PLEASE JOIN ME IN CELEBRATING OUR OUTSTANDING TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

COACH GRISSETT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. MARK.

ALL RIGHT. NEXT. IF MR. LIGOTTI WILL PLEASE COME FORWARD TO INTRODUCE G.J.

MOORE, MIDDLE SCHOOL'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR. MR. POZSGAI IS TRULY A VISIONARY IN THE FIELD OF EDUCATION.

HIS SUPERB INSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES EFFECTIVELY REACH ALL STUDENTS CHALLENGING THE PROFICIENT WHILE PROVIDING NECESSARY REMEDIATION FOR THOSE EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTIES.

IT'S NO SURPRISE THAT HE IS A HIGHLY RESPECTED MATH EDUCATOR AT MORE.

HE HAS AN EXCEPTIONAL RAPPORT WITH ALL STUDENTS AND DEMONSTRATES A COMMITMENT TO THEIR SUCCESS.

MR. POZSGAY IS NOT ONE TO SHY AWAY FROM A CHALLENGE.

IF A STUDENT IS STRUGGLING TO LEARN, HE GOES OUT OF HIS WAY TO HELP THEM SUCCEED.

MR. POZSGAY HAS IMPECCABLE COMMUNICATION WITH HIS STUDENTS, PARENTS AND HIS COLLEAGUES.

AS THE COORDINATOR OF THE AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING PROGRAM, SATURDAYS OF SUCCESS AND THE DIRECTOR OF THE SICK LAB IGNITE, A FILIPINO AMERICAN CULTURAL SHOW. HE IS TRULY BLOSSOMED IN HIS LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

IN ADDITION TO BEING A MASTER TEACHER IN THE MATH DEPARTMENT, MR. POZSGAY DEMONSTRATES EXCEPTIONAL LEADERSHIP. HE IS A GREAT PROBLEM SOLVER WITH IMPECCABLE TECHNICAL SKILLS.

HIS STRATEGIC LONG RANGE PLANNING EVERY NINE WEEKS HAS GREATLY BENEFITED THE ENTIRE MATH DEPARTMENT.

HIS INITIATIVE IN PILOTING OUR FIRST EVER READING AND MATH NIGHT WAS A TREMENDOUS SUCCESS.

WE CAN ALWAYS TRUST MR. POZSGAY TO THRIVE AND EXCEL IN ANY TASK HE UNDERTAKES.

HE IS LIKE THE ENERGIZER BUNNY. HE DOES NOT STOP UNTIL THE JOB GETS DONE.

WHAT STANDS OUT MOST IS MR. PASSAGE'S WILLINGNESS TO SHARE HIS GIFTS AND TALENTS WITH OTHERS, HELPING US ALL GROW STRONGER AS EDUCATORS. HIS JOURNEY FROM MENTEE TO MENTOR AND LEADER HAS BEEN INSPIRING, AND WE HAVE ALL BEEN INCREDIBLY BLESSED TO HAVE HIM AS PART OF OUR TEAM HERE AT MOORE. THANK YOU. NEXT, IF MR. WESTON WILL PLEASE COME FORWARD TO INTRODUCE M.B.

CLEMENTS, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

GOOD EVENING. THE CLEMENTS TEAM IS VERY PROUD TO INTRODUCE MISS KEELY STONEBERG AS OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

SHE'S AN OUTSTANDING TEACHER AND LEADER IN OUR PE DEPARTMENT AND SUPPORTS OUR SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT BOTH AS AN ADMIN SUPPORT, SHOWING UP AND COVERING BUS DUTY EVERY MORNING AND KILLING IT OUT IN THE AFTERNOON AS WELL.

THE TEAM THAT SHE LEADS IS AFTER SCHOOL. HELPS OUT WITH OUR DAY TO DAY EXCITEMENT AND ENGAGEMENT WITH OUR VCCS PROGRAM, AND ROLLS OUT OUR DUCT SHOP AT LEAST TWICE A MONTH.

WITH THIS, THE CLEMENTS FAMILY IS VERY PROUD AND GRATEFUL TO HAVE MISS KELLY STENBERG AS A PART OF OUR CLEMENTS FAMILY.

ALL RIGHT. LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, IF MR. MCALLISTER WILL PLEASE COME FORWARD TO INTRODUCE PRINCE GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. MEAN, MISS KIMBALL EPITOMIZES ALL THE QUALITIES FOR TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

WANT TO TAKE JUST A MOMENT TO HIGHLIGHT JUST SOME OF THE REASONS SHE IS PRINCE GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL'S TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

MISS BEALS TEACHES MARKETING, FASHION MARKETING, ADVANCED FASHION MARKETING, ENTREPRENEURSHIP, AND ADVANCED ENTREPRENEURSHIP. IT'S FIVE COURSES OVER THE COURSE OF SEVEN DIFFERENT CLASS PERIODS FOR THE YEAR WHEN MOST TEACHERS HAVE 1 OR 2 PREPS FOR A TOTAL OF SIX PERIODS.

WE RECENTLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF ELECTIVE OPTIONS FOR OUR SELF-CONTAINED STUDENTS, AND MRS. BEALS WAS AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE MOVEMENT TO INCLUDE THOSE STUDENTS IN OUR CLASSES.

SHE BLENDED THEIR LEARNING SEAMLESSLY INTO OUR COURSES, EVEN WITH THE DEMANDS OF SUCH A HEAVY COURSE LOAD.

SHE RUNS A HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL DECA CLUB THAT COMPETES AND WINS AT THE HIGHEST LEVELS WITHIN THE DISTRICT, THE STATE AND THE NATION. SHE IS PROUD THAT HER DECA STUDENTS ARE ROUTINELY ASKED TO ASSIST IN NUMEROUS COMMUNITY EVENTS, SUCH AS THE PRINCE GEORGE COMMUNITY BREAKFAST, STUDENT ORIENTATION, BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHTS, SENIOR MEETING NIGHTS, COURSE PLANNING NIGHTS, JUST TO NAME A FEW.

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SHE HAS ALSO PRODUCED THE FASHION SHOW THAT HAS NOW BEEN RUNNING FOR 16 YEARS.

EVEN WITH ALL THAT, MRS. BEALS DOES NOT MEASURE HER STUDENTS SUCCESS BASED UPON THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACCOLADES THAT THEY RECEIVE.

SHE MEASURES THEIR SUCCESS AND HOW THEY APPLY HER LESSONS OF BEING KIND, RESPECTFUL, COMPASSIONATE, AND EMPATHETIC. SHE IS MOM TO HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF KIDS, AND I HONESTLY CANNOT THINK OF A MORE DESERVING PERSON FOR PRINCE GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER OF THE YEAR THAN MISS KIM BEALS.

YES, I SHOULD HAVE. LET'S SEE WHAT WE CAN FIND.

ALL RIGHT. I THINK WE GOT EVERYTHING. OKAY. OKAY.

SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WOULD DO WITHOUT MRS. KIRK.

SHE KEEPS ME STRAIGHT, AND THAT'S A FULL TIME JOB ENDED OF ITSELF.

SO WE HAVE SOME CERTIFICATES THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO PRESENT TO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.

AND MISS RANKIN, I'M GOING TO GIVE THIS TO YOU FIRST BECAUSE YOU CHOSE THE TOTE BAG AND EVERYBODY ELSE CHOSE THE BACKPACK.

OKAY. SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE I GOT THAT TO YOU FIRST.

AND SO I'M JUST GOING TO COME AROUND SO ALL OF OUR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, IF YOU WILL GRAB YOUR GRAB YOUR BACKPACK.

YOU ARE WELCOME. YOU ARE WELCOME. YOU ARE WELCOME.

I'M JUST KIDDING. YOU'RE WELCOME. OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS. THERE WE GO. YES.

OKAY. ONE MORE. YES. OKAY. YEAH. THAT BOARD MEMBERS CAN COME.

EVERYBODY ELSE, STAY WHERE YOU ARE. BUT IF BOARD MEMBERS CAN COME BACK.

DOCTOR MARTIN AND DOCTOR MARTIN. YES.

FLOWERS OVER THERE. OKAY. PERFECT. ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE, SQUEEZE IN.

CHRIS! DOUG, DOWN! I'M JUST JOKING. I SAID CHRIS.

DOUG DOWN. OKAY, SO IF WE COULD ADVANCE TO THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.

ALL RIGHT. SO I HAVE THE HONOR AND PRIVILEGE OF ANNOUNCING THE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT THIS DECISION WAS A CHALLENGING ONE BECAUSE AS YOU CAN SEE HERE, WE HAVE LOTS OF INCREDIBLE TALENT STANDING BEFORE US. AND IF WE COULD PLEASE GIVE THEM ONE MORE ROUND OF APPLAUSE.

I'D LIKE TO JUST TAKE A MINUTE TO READ AN EXCERPT FROM OUR TEACHER OF THE YEAR APPLICATION.

AS AN EDUCATOR, I'M COMMITTED TO LIFELONG LEARNING AND CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

I ACTIVELY SEEK PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES AND REFINE MY TEACHING STRATEGIES TO ENSURE THAT EVERY STUDENT, REGARDLESS OF THEIR LEARNING NEEDS, FEEL SUPPORTED, VALUED, AND CAPABLE OF SUCCESS, WHETHER BY IMPLEMENTING UNIVERSAL DESIGN FOR LEARNING PRINCIPLES, USING ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY, OR OFFERING ALTERNATIVE WAYS FOR STUDENTS TO DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING.

I STRIVE TO MAKE MY CLASSROOM A PLACE WHERE ALL STUDENTS CAN THRIVE.

WHEN PROFESSIONALS ASK ME ABOUT RETIREMENT, I RESPOND WITH A SMILE, KNOWING THAT THERE IS STILL SO MUCH I WANT TO ACCOMPLISH IN EDUCATION.

AT THE HEART OF MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY IS THE BELIEF THAT EDUCATION.

EDUCATION IS JUST ABOUT WHAT IS NOT. EXCUSE ME.

LET ME SAY THAT AGAIN. AT THE HEART OF OF MY TEACHING PHILOSOPHY IS THE BELIEF THAT EDUCATION IS NOT JUST ABOUT WHAT HAPPENS IN THE CLASSROOM.

IT'S ABOUT CREATING A SUPPORTIVE, COLLABORATIVE ENVIRONMENT WHERE STUDENTS GAIN THE CONFIDENCE AND SKILLS TO SUCCEED.

SEEING MY STUDENTS START THEIR OWN BUSINESS, THRIVE IN COLLEGE, AND RETURN TO ME TO HOW MY CLASS MADE A DIFFERENCE IS THE GREATEST REWARD I COULD EVER RECEIVE. THIS IS WHY I TEACH.

THIS IS WHY I'M PASSIONATE ABOUT SHAPING THE FUTURE ONE STUDENT AT A TIME.

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, IT IS WITH GREAT HONOR AND PRIVILEGE THAT I ANNOUNCE PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TEACHER OF THE YEAR, MISS KIMBERLY BEALS.

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YOU KNOW, MY CHILDREN ARE GROWN. I HAVE TWO MARINES AND A DAUGHTER IN COLLEGE.

AND MY HUSBAND SAID WHEN I STARTED TEACHING, I COULDN'T BRING ANY OF THEM HOME.

SO I STAY HERE ALL THE TIME. EVERY YEAR I SAY I HAVE 100 CHILDREN THAT ARE MINE.

AND EVEN WHEN THEY LEAVE, GRIEVE SO MUCH AND THERE WILL ALWAYS BE MINE.

AND I AM IN A WAY THAT IS INCREDIBLE. STANDING UP HERE TONIGHT AND I TRULY APPRECIATE IT.

THANK YOU. HOLD YOUR PLACES FIRST WITH YOUR CHIEFS OF THE YEAR. CHIEFS OF THE YEAR.

STEP FORWARD JUST A LITTLE BIT FOR YOU GUYS. YOU NEED TO BE IN THE MIDDLE.

AND WE'LL HAVE YOU IN THIS FIELD IN THE CENTER FOR THIS. MICHAEL, YOU WANT US OUT OF THIS ONE FIRST? WE'LL START WITH YOU THERE FIRST, AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU KIND OF GET OUT. OKAY, I CAN SKEDADDLE.

YEAH. OH, OKAY. ALL RIGHT. WELL. NOT HERE. ALL RIGHT. ALWAYS TRYING TO HIDE.

HEY, WHERE'S WALDO? I WAS LIKE, WHERE'S MY CAMERA? ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE HERE.

OH, NO. OKAY, WELL, THAT SCHOOL BOARD AND PRINCIPALS WILL HAVE YOU STEP OUT.

JUST SKEDADDLE. SKEDADDLE. I'M SORRY. NO, I STOPPED BECAUSE I LEFT THAT AREA. PERFECT. THANKS, BOY.

ALL RIGHT. SORRY, SORRY. DON'T USE THE WIDE ANGLE.

THIS IS A NORMAL ANGLE, RIGHT? HOLD THAT. THANK YOU, MISS BEALS.

HOLD THERE. SCHOOL BOARD CHAIR AND MR. DOCTOR.

THAT'S FINE. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE YOU TWO COME DOWN AFTER WE'RE DONE.

ALL RIGHT, LET'S GET FAMILY PICTURES. ALL RIGHT, SO, TEACHERS OF THE YEAR, IF YOU IF YOU IF YOUR FAMILY WOULD LIKE TO COME FORWARD AND TAKE SOME PICTURES. I'LL SHOW YOU LOVE TO BRING YOUR FAMILIES UP. THEY'RE ALL GOING UP, SO.

ALL RIGHT. I'VE SAVED IT. OKAY. SORRY.

AND THANK ALL OF YOU. I LIKE THAT? NO.

EXCUSE ME. EXCUSE ME.

HAVE YOU SLIDE OVER? YOU SLIDE OVER A LITTLE MORE ON THIS SIDE.

A LITTLE MORE EVEN. EVERYONE THIS WAY.

EVERYONE HERE. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WHO DO YOU WANT? YOU AND DOCTOR AT CENTER WITH MISS BEALS.

IF ONE OF Y'ALL WANTS TO HOLD HER FLOWER. FLOWERS.

THANK YOU. YES. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

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OH, OKAY. THANK. MARY'S LIGHTS. YOU HIT THAT LIGHT.

TURN THAT. TURN IT ON OR OFF, PLEASE. OH, YEAH.

YEAH. AND THEN SHE'S.

YOU'LL TAKE CARE OF IT. OKAY. THEN TAKE IT OFF.

I WAS GETTING OFF. I DID GET SOME PHOTO SESSIONS.

PHOTO SESSIONS? I'M FINE, I'M FINE, I'M FINE.

HEY, THE BOARD'S GOING TO TAKE, LIKE, A FIVE MINUTE RECESS, AND THEN WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK AT OUR BUSINESS.

YEAH.

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ALL RIGHT. SO MOVING RIGHT ALONG AS PRESENTATIONS BY GJ MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH BY MR.

[1. Report from J.E.J. Moore Middle School and Student of the Month - by Nicholas Ligatti, Principal]

SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS. DOCTOR LYELL, DOCTOR MARTIN.

WE ARE EXCITED FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SHARE SOME OF THE WONDERFUL THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN HAPPENING AT JJ MOORE THIS YEAR. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN I DO THESE THINGS, I LIKE TO TALK ABOUT THE ACADEMICS FIRST. OUR STUDENTS HAVE DISCOVERED HOW MATH IS USED IN THE LIBRARY.

OUR LIBRARIANS DID A WONDERFUL JOB PARTNERING WITH ONE OF OUR SIXTH GRADE TEAMS TO FIGURE OUT A LESSON THAT IS MATH RELATED, NOT JUST ALWAYS ABOUT READING AND TRYING TO GET THAT INTERDISCIPLINARY.

I KNOW THE THE LIBRARIANS HAVE ALSO WORKED WITH OUR SCIENCE DEPARTMENT, AS WELL AS THE SOCIAL STUDIES AND ENGLISH CLASSES.

REALLY GOT CREATIVE THIS YEAR. WE HAD A A BOOK CHARACTER PUMPKIN DESIGN, WHERE WE HAD OVER 50 STUDENTS DECORATE PUMPKINS WITH THEIR FAVORITE BOOK CHARACTER. OUR STUDENTS ALSO USE THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD TO HYPOTHESIZE HOW MANY RUBBER BANDS IT WOULD TAKE TO EXPLODE A PUMPKIN.

THAT'S ONE OF THOSE PICTURES OVER THERE, TOO. AND, YOU KNOW, OUR FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE CLASS.

WE EVEN JUST FINISHED THE FOURTH THE THIRD NINE WEEKS VERSION OF THE CUPCAKE WARS WITH A CUPCAKE DECORATING CONTEST.

CONTINUING WITH ACADEMICS, OUR CAREER INVESTIGATIONS TEACHERS INVITED HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO DISCUSS LIFE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AND OPPORTUNITIES AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

OFFERS STUDENTS CREATED BOARD GAMES TO EXPLORE DIFFERENT CAREER FIELDS, AND THEY COMPLETED A CAREER SCAVENGER HUNT HIGHLIGHTING DIFFERENT CAREERS THAT REPRESENTED STAFF MEMBERS IN THE SCHOOL. OUR INTRO TO TECH STUDENTS CREATED HOT AIR BALLOONS,

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BOOK SPEED DATING. COMING INTO THIS YEAR, ONE GOAL OF THE MORE ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM WAS TO INCREASE OPPORTUNITIES FOR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT AND PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH FUN AND ENGAGING ACTIVITIES TO PARTICIPATE IN AND WITH THEIR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.

WE STARTED OFF THE YEAR WITH MATH AND READING NIGHT, WHICH HIGHLIGHTED THE IMPORTANCE OF MATH AND READING IN THE EDUCATION OF ALL CHILDREN. WE SET UP STATIONS WHERE PARENTS AND STUDENTS COULD ENGAGE IN MATH AND READING ACTIVITIES.

NEXT, WE HAD OUR SOL NIGHT. WE SHARED INFORMATION ABOUT PREPARING FOR SOLS AND HOW PARENTS CAN HELP ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF THEIR CHILD.

RECENTLY, MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL HELD OUR PBL NIGHT, WHICH PROVIDED OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARENTS TO SEE THE INCREDIBLE PROJECT BASED WORK OF ALL OF OUR STUDENTS. OUR BETA CLUB ATTENDED THE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE AT THE GREAT WOLF LODGE.

THEY COMPETED FOR THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS, TAKING SECOND PLACE IN HISTORY.

MOORE'S ESPORTS CLUB HAS BEEN UTILIZED AS AN INCENTIVE FOR STUDENTS TO REACH THEIR READING GOALS.

THE ROYAL GUARD AND THE VOLCANOES TEAM PURCHASED FLAGS TO HONOR VETERANS DAY.

MR. DAVIS LED LESSONS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF VETERANS DAY, AND THE STUDENTS PLACED FLAGS IN OUR MEMORIAL GARDEN.

ADDITIONALLY, WE HAD OUR PEP BAND, WHICH HELPED BRING ENERGY TO OUR HOME BASKETBALL GAMES AND MOTIVATE OUR STUDENTS ON THE COURT.

AND THEN OUR STUDENTS AND OUR SCHOOL IS VERY INTERESTED IN GIVING BACK TO OUR COMMUNITY AND A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT WE DID.

OUR SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADE PAWS ART STUDENTS DESIGNED AND PAINTED PLATES THAT WILL BE UP THAT WERE UP FOR AUCTION AT THE VOCAL MUSIC FESTIVAL IN OCTOBER, AND THE PROCEEDS WERE DONATED TO FEED THE NEED.

OUR BETA CLUB RAISED $1,500 FOR THE PRINCE GEORGE ANIMAL SHELTER, AND THROUGH THE FLAG PROJECT FOR VETERANS DAY, THE VOLCANOES TEAM, ALONG WITH THE ROYAL GUARD, RAISED $750 FOR THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS.

SO THAT IS THE SUMMARY OF OUR. I STILL HAVE OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH TO RECOGNIZE, BUT MR. BALDUCCI AND MISS THOMPSON ARE GOING TO HAND OUT SOME GIFTS TO YOU ALL FROM MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

IT WAS A BIG HIT FOR OUR FACULTY THIS PAST YEAR.

AND FRANKLY, WITH SO MANY ROAD CLOSURES THIS MORNING, IT MIGHT BE VERY USEFUL FOR YOU TO HAVE SOME ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE.

WE HOPE YOU DON'T NEED IT. YES. I HOPE YOU NEVER HAVE TO USE IT.

SO. THANK YOU. OH. THANK YOU. OH. OKAY.

THANK YOU, MR. BALDUCCHI. YES. AWESOME. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. DID YOU FORGET DOCTOR LYLE? NO. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. NICE. OKAY, SO THEN NOW WE HAVE OUR STUDENT OF THE MONTH.

IF I CAN BRING UP MISS NATALIE MERRITT. COME ON DOWN.

NATALIE WAS SELECTED AS NOT JUST THE STUDENT OF THE MONTH FOR HER.

THE TEAM. THE TORNADOES TEAM. BUT SHE WAS ALSO SELECTED FOR THE ENTIRE SCHOOL.

I THINK SHE ONLY HAS MAYBE TWO ABSENCES AND B+ OR BETTER GRADES AND EVERYTHING.

SO SHE'S VERY MUCH RESPONSIBLE, RESPECTFUL AND RESILIENT STUDENT THAT WE HAVE AT MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

SO THANK YOU, NATALIE.

GET UP AND TAKE ANOTHER PICTURE. WE'LL LEAVE THIS HERE.

YOU WON'T PUT THAT IN THE BAG. SO.

YOU GOT YOUR. CONGRATULATIONS. SURE. YEAH. SAY YES. YES.

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NO. YOU'RE FINE. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS.

GREAT JOB. THANK YOU SIR.

ALREADY MOVING THIS WAY. THAT'S GOOD. CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ACT UPDATE FROM MISS ASHTON DERAMO.

[2. Career and Technical Education (CTE) Update - Ashton Girolmo]

I'VE GOT A FEW STUDENTS AND A FORMER STUDENT AS WELL THAT I'D LOVE FOR YOU GUYS TO HEAR FROM.

BUT FIRST OFF, I JUST WANT TO KIND OF SHOW YOU SOME OF THE NUMBERS, AND I HAVE TO TELL YOU, TELL YOU, FOR A SMALL DIVISION LIKE PRINCE GEORGE, OUR NUMBERS ARE QUITE IMPRESSIVE.

WITH 30 TEACHERS, WE HAVE OVER 240, ALMOST 250 SECTIONS OF CTE CLASSES OFFERED FROM SIX TO TO 12TH GRADE. SO LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR STUDENTS TO PARTICIPATE IN THESE CAREER COURSES.

THAT HAS EQUATED TO OVER 700 WORK BASED LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN INTERNSHIPS IN SCHOOL BASED ENTERPRISES, WHICH ARE TWO MOST INTENSE OPPORTUNITIES AND THE TWO THAT THAT THE STATE HAS PLACED A LOT OF EMPHASIS ON.

SO WE'VE GOT A STRONG FOUNDATION BUILT THERE, AND THIS IS A DUPLICATED COUNT.

BUT THE NUMBER OF STUDENTS THIS YEAR THAT HAVE PARTICIPATED IN CTE CLASSES AS ALMOST 4500 STUDENTS.

SO WE HAVE A WIDE REACH WITHIN OUR. WELL, AND JUST TO PUT THAT IN PERSPECTIVE, MISS GIROLAMO, WE HAVE WHAT, AROUND 6000 STUDENTS. SO THE FACT THAT WE HAVE THAT MANY STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN AT LEAST ONE CTE COURSE AND WELL, THIS IS A DUPLICATED ACCOUNT. SO WE DO HAVE SOME STUDENTS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN MORE THAN ONE, BUT THAT'S BECAUSE THEY LOVE IT.

BUT STILL THAT THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S INCREDIBLE.

YES, YES. OUR UNDUPLICATED COUNT IS 100 STUDENTS.

IT'S GREAT. YES, YES. SO NOW I WANT TO TAKE YOU KIND OF THROUGH THE JOURNEY OF WHAT CTE LOOKS LIKE FROM ELEMENTARY ALL THE WAY UP TO HIGH SCHOOL AND BEYOND.

AT THE ELEMENTARY, THIS IS OUR TECH FIELD DAY.

THIS WAS CREATED BY OUR STUDENTS, AND IT WAS A WAY FOR OUR STUDENTS TO SHARE THE MANY CAREER OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE IN THE CTE PATHWAYS THAT WE HAVE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL. OUR STUDENTS ARE GETTING A CHANCE TO PARTICIPATE IN MARKETING ACTIVITIES. THEY'RE MAKING RALLY TOWELS.

THEY'RE DOING COMPUTER SCIENCE AND PROGRAMING THIS.

HEROES SCHOOLS OF ENGINEERING DESIGN CHALLENGES.

THEY'RE FLYING THE DRONES, CHECKING OUT 3D PRINTERS, DRIVING THE ROVERS, ALL TO SPARK THEIR INTEREST IN CTE AND GET THEM THINKING ABOUT WHAT THEIR FUTURES COULD LOOK LIKE. I AM ALL THE THINGS I WANT.

THAT WAS A HIGH SCHOOLER. NOT NOT A FIFTH GRADER. NOT A FIFTH GRADER.

YOU BEG ME FOR PUNCH IT. POUND IT. NOGGIN. SEE YA.

SO YOU CAN SEE HOW MUCH FUN OUR STUDENTS HAVE.

AND THAT'S A PROGRAM THAT WE'VE BEEN PUTTING ON FOR ALL OF OUR FIFTH GRADERS ACROSS THE DIVISION. WE GO TO EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

AND OUR STUDENTS, LIKE THE ONES YOU SEE BACK HERE, ARE LEADING THE CHARGE AND TEACHING OUR YOUNG ONES ABOUT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT THEY HAVE AHEAD. IT WAS SUCH A POSITIVE EVENT AND WE LOVE DOING IT AND LOOK FORWARD TO DOING IT EVERY SINGLE YEAR.

NOW, AS THE STUDENTS TRANSITION UP TO MORE MIDDLE SCHOOL, IT'S A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT BUILDING A FOUNDATION.

AND SOME OF THOSE THOSE EARLY SKILLS THAT WE KNOW WILL TRANSLATE OVER INTO WHATEVER STUDENTS CHOOSE TO DO.

AS AS MOORE ALREADY MENTIONED IN THEIR PRESENTATION, I'VE GOT A COUPLE OF OF THE SAME EVENTS HIGHLIGHTED.

WE DID OFFER TWO NEW COURSES THIS YEAR AT MOORE WITHIN CTE.

CODING AND ROBOTICS. SO YOU CAN SEE THE KIDS WORKING ON THE SPHEROS AND THEY'RE DOING SOME ONLINE PROGRAMING AND THEN INTRO TO TECHNOLOGY AND THAT COURSE, IF EVERYTHING CONTINUES TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR GO TECH GRANT, THAT IS WHERE GO TECH WILL LAND.

AND THEN FAMILY CONSUMER SCIENCES, FAVORITE CLASS OF SO MANY OF OUR STUDENTS.

THEY MAKE GREAT FOOD. SO IT'S DELICIOUS. THEY LOVE BEING IN THEIR CUPCAKE WARS CRIME SCENE KITCHEN CRIME SCENE INVESTIGATION.

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THEY EACH HAVE DIFFERENT ROLES ASSIGNED TO THEM. THEY ROTATE ROLES, SO IT CREATES A GREAT ATMOSPHERE FOR THEM TO START LEARNING THOSE THOSE SKILLS.

AT CLEMENTS, OUR STUDENTS ARE HONING IN ON MORE OF THOSE CTE SPECIFIC PATHWAYS THAT THEY'RE INTERESTED IN.

WE HAVE JROTC AT THE NINTH GRADE LEVEL. WE HAVE JUST OVER 80 STUDENTS WHO PARTICIPATE IN JROTC AT CLEMENTS.

SO IT'S CLEMENTS ONLY THEY CAN TAKE JROTC ONE AT THE HIGH SCHOOL AS WELL.

AND WE HAVE OVER 50% OF THEM ARE FEMALES. IT'S KIND OF IMPRESSIVE.

WE DO HAVE ONE OF THE LARGEST. I THINK ALEXANDRIA MIGHT BE THE ONLY JROTC PROGRAM THAT'S LARGER THAN US IN THE STATE, AND WE HAVE ABOUT 250 STUDENTS IN THAT. SO WE'RE WE'RE STARTING THEM AT NINTH GRADE, AND THEY'RE GETTING THE CHANCE TO ENGAGE IN LEADERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES AS THEY COLLABORATE WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL JROTC CLASSES, PRINCIPLES OF BUSINESS AND MARKETING.

THEY GOT HANDS ON THIS YEAR. THEY STARTED DESIGNING THEIR OWN SPIRITWEAR AND SELLING IT.

DESIGN IN MULTIMEDIA. THEY WORKED ON HOW TO CREATE DIFFERENT TYPES OF ADVERTISEMENTS FOR VARIOUS PRODUCTS THAT THEY CAME UP WITH.

AND WE ALSO HAVE FBLA AND DECA THAT ARE NOW OFFERED AT CLEMENTS AND AND ARE VERY, VERY STRONG AND CLOSELY ASSOCIATED WITH OUR HIGH SCHOOL FBLA AND DECA ORGANIZATIONS. NOW, THE HIGH SCHOOL IS WHERE OUR STUDENTS ARE TAKING THAT CAREER PREPARATION TO THE NEXT LEVEL.

I'VE LISTED A FEW OF THE OPPORTUNITIES THAT OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN SO FAR THIS YEAR.

WE RECENTLY HAD OUR REVERSE CAREER FAIR WHERE OUR STUDENTS, OUR SENIORS WHO ARE PLANNING TO STAY IN THE AREA AND IMMEDIATELY ENTER THE WORKFORCE, THEY GET A CHANCE TO FLIP THE SCRIPT AND BUSINESSES WALK AROUND AND TALK TO THEM, AND THEY DO SOME ON THE SPOT INTERVIEWS.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR INTERVIEW DAY. SO SOME OF THOSE BUSINESSES HAVE REQUESTED FORMAL INTERVIEWS WITH OUR STUDENTS IN THE HOPES THAT THEY WILL WILL SECURE FULL TIME EMPLOYMENT.

SO CAREERS NOT NOT NOT LIKE THEY'RE PART TIME JOBS THAT MANY OF THEM ARE WORKING RIGHT NOW.

AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE INCREASED OUR COURSE OFFERINGS.

VIRWANI IS IS STARTING TO MAKE SOME CHANGES WITH WHAT THEY'RE ABLE TO PROVIDE OUR STUDENTS.

AND BRIGHTPOINT IS ALWAYS OPEN AND ADDING PROGRAMS TO THEIR LIST THAT OUR STUDENTS ARE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN.

WORK BASED LEARNING, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, HAS REALLY SKYROCKETED FOR US.

MANY OF OUR CLASSES ARE RUNNING BUSINESSES THROUGH THE CLASSES AS PART OF THEIR CURRICULUM.

WE JUST HAD THE FASHION SHOW LAST FRIDAY NIGHT.

IT GETS BETTER AND BETTER EVERY SINGLE YEAR TO SEE SO MANY STUDENTS COME TOGETHER FROM OUR FASHION MARKETING CLASSES, ADVANCED FASHION CLASSES, OUR DECA CLUB AND OFFICERS IN DECA TO PLAN THE EVENT FROM FROM GROUND ZERO ALL THE WAY UP.

IT IS TRULY PHENOMENAL. OUR CONSTRUCTION TECH.

I KNOW MR. ELY CAN ATTEST TO THIS. THEY HAVE BEEN QUITE PRODUCTIVE THIS YEAR.

BUILDING. THEY'VE BEEN DOING SHED PROJECTS AROUND THE COUNTY AND THE TINY HOUSE IS PICTURED IN THE BACKGROUND THERE.

THEY BUILT AN A FRAME TINY HOUSE AND SOLD IT RIGHT BEFORE THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.

AND THEY WON BEST IN SHOW, BY THE WAY, THE CHRISTMAS PARADE.

IT WAS PRETTY NICE. OUR STUDENTS ALSO HAVE ANOTHER INTENSIVE OPPORTUNITY FOR THEM IS THROUGH OUR INTERNSHIPS.

WE'VE GOT IT. INTERNS THAT WORK, THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICE AS WELL AS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

WE HAVE SPORTS INFORMATION AND MANAGEMENT INTERNS, SOCIAL MEDIA.

WE HAVE TEACHERS AIDES AT VARIOUS IN VARIOUS CLASSROOMS. REALLY GEARED TOWARDS THEIR INTERESTS, NOT ONLY WITH THE TEACHING BIT OF IT, BUT WE'VE GOT ONE STUDENT WHO IS A CONSTRUCTION TECH TEACHER'S AIDE, AND SHE WANTS TO GO INTO WELDING, BUT SHE REALLY ENJOYS THE ASPECT OF HELPING OTHERS AND DOING PROJECT MANAGEMENT.

SO SHE'S ABLE TO LEARN THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH.

AND THEN WE HAVE OUR WONDERFUL TEACHERS FOR TOMORROW WHO HAVE BEEN ACROSS THE COUNTY WORKING AT OUR SCHOOLS AND ASSISTING TEACHERS AND IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE.

AND WE'RE HOPING TO SIGN QUITE A FEW OF THEM HERE IN IN A COUPLE MONTHS TO OUR GROW YOUR OWN PROGRAM.

NOW, HERE ARE SOME OTHER THINGS. AND I'M SURE SOME OF OUR STUDENTS MIGHT MIGHT CHAT ABOUT THIS.

YOU MAY HAVE SEEN SOME OF THESE THINGS FEATURED ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

THIS IS OUR STUDENTS HAVE BEEN DOING SO MANY DIFFERENT PROJECTS THAT THEY HAVE DEVELOPED ON THEIR OWN AND TAKEN OWNERSHIP OF, AND IT'S REALLY, REALLY DRIVEN THEM ABOVE AND BEYOND MEDIA DAY THAT OUR SPORTS MANAGEMENT CLASSES HAVE BEEN DOING HAS BEEN A HUGE SUCCESS.

I'VE YET TO SEE ANY OTHER SCHOOL DIVISION DO SOMETHING LIKE THEY'RE DOING, AND IT'S DRIVEN BY OUR STUDENTS.

THEY'RE CREATING SOMETHING INCREDIBLY UNIQUE.

IT'S TRULY AMAZING. THEY DID SIGNING DAY FOR ONE OF FOR A COUPLE OF OUR STUDENTS THAT HAVE DECIDED TO TO PLAY SPORTS AT THE NEXT

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RAIDERS ARE ON A ROLL. THEY'RE ABOUT 30 STRONG, AND THEY'RE THEY'RE COMPETING THIS WEEKEND IN BLACKSBURG.

SO WE HAVE SO MANY WONDERFUL THINGS GOING ON, AND I'M SO GRATEFUL FOR THE SUPPORT THAT THIS BOARD HAS GIVEN US AND THE SUPPORT FROM OUR TEACHERS. I'D LOVE FOR YOU TO TO HEAR JUST BRIEFLY FROM OUR STUDENTS.

I'VE GOT RILEY HUMPHRIES HERE WHO IS A SENIOR, AND SHE HAS DONE JUST ABOUT ANYTHING IN CTE.

SO I'LL LET I'LL LET HER PICK WHAT SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT WITH THAT.

AND THEN I ALSO HAVE OWEN HUNTER. HE HE'S WITH OUR SOCIAL MEDIA DEPARTMENT, AND HE HAS HE PRODUCED THAT VIDEO THAT YOU GUYS SAW EARLIER. HE WAS ON THAT TEAM. YES.

IT WAS WONDERFUL. CAREFUL. AND THEN LASTLY, BUT NOT LEAST, I HAVE AIDAN SILVERSMITH, WHO IS A RECENT GRADUATE.

SO THEY'RE GOING TO TALK JUST A LITTLE BIT ABOUT CTE AND HOW THAT'S HELPED THEM.

SO RILEY, COME ON UP. GOOD EVENING, ALL OF YOU, AND THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR HAVING ME HERE TONIGHT TO SHARE MY EXPERIENCE WITH YOU.

AS MR. ROMO SAID, MY NAME IS RILEY HUMPHRIES AND I AM A SENIOR AT PRINCE GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL.

I'VE TAKEN CTE COURSES THROUGHOUT ALL OF MY HIGH SCHOOL CAREER, AND IT HAS PROVIDED ME WITH A LOT OF AMAZING OPPORTUNITIES THAT I WOULD LOVE TO SHARE WITH YOU. ME AND MY MOM WERE JUST HAVING A CONVERSATION THE OTHER NIGHT ABOUT KIND OF THE STIGMA AROUND CTE CLASSES.

I FEEL AS THOUGH OFTEN THEY'RE VIEWED AS EASY CLASSES OR JUST COURSES TO FILL A BLOCK IN THE SCHEDULE, BUT I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST TO THE FACT THAT THEY ARE SO MUCH MORE THAN THAT, AND THEY PROVIDE SO MANY MORE INCREDIBLE EXPERIENCES. ASIDE FROM THAT, I KNOW THAT CORE CLASSES ARE, OF COURSE FUNDAMENTAL AND NECESSARY IN HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION, BUT FOR ME, CTE CLASSES HAVE PROVIDED SO MUCH MORE WORK LIKE WORKFORCE RELATED EXPERIENCE AND ALSO MORE APPLICABLE INFORMATION FOR THE REAL WORLD, IN MY OPINION. I RECEIVED TWO DIFFERENT NOCTI CERTIFICATIONS.

THROUGH MY CTE COURSES, I HAVE A NOCTI CERTIFICATION IN ACCOUNTING AS WELL AS SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING, WHICH HAVE BOTH PROVED TO BE INCREDIBLY USEFUL BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL.

ONE WAY THAT I'M USING THIS IS IN DECA. THIS WAS MY FIRST YEAR COMPETING IN DECA, SO I WASN'T REALLY SURE WHAT TO EXPECT, BUT AT THE DISTRICT MEET I HAD A BIT OF A SHOCK TO ME.

PLACED FIRST IN MY CATEGORY. SPORTS AND ENTERTAINMENT MARKETING AND DECA BREAKS IT UP INTO THE TEST AND THE ROLE PLAY PORTION.

SO TO ME THAT JUST SHOWS THAT THESE MARKETING CLASSES HAVE BOTH SHOWN ME FACTUAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED, BUT ALSO HAVE GIVEN ME WAYS TO APPLY THAT TO DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF THE WORLD, LIKE IN MARKETING.

SO SINCE I PLACED FIRST IN MY CATEGORY, I WAS ABLE TO COMPETE AT THE STATE MEET FOR DECA AS WELL, WHICH A LOT. TO MY SURPRISE, I ENDED UP PLACING SIXTH OVERALL IN MY CATEGORY IN THE STATE.

BECAUSE OF THIS PLACEMENT, I'M ABLE TO ATTEND THE INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION IN ORLANDO, FLORIDA NEXT MONTH THANKS TO YOU ALL SUPPORT, SO I'M VERY EXCITED ABOUT THAT. ANOTHER OPPORTUNITY THAT I'VE BEEN PROVIDED IS I AM IN THE TEACHERS FOR TOMORROW PROGRAM THAT MR. ROMO TALKED ABOUT, AND THROUGH THIS PROGRAM, I HAVE BEEN ENCOURAGED TO I POTENTIALLY WANT TO COME BACK AND TEACH CTE, SPECIFICALLY IN PRINCE GEORGE AFTER I GRADUATE COLLEGE.

SO POTENTIALLY OR YOU WILL COME BACK. THERE'S A VERY STRONG CHANCE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. A VERY STRONG CHANCE. YES. YES.

OH, SORRY. I'M ATTENDING LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY IN THE FALL TO PURSUE MY ACADEMICS AND RUN TRACK.

BUT I FEEL THAT EVEN IF I DID NOT CHOOSE TO GO TO COLLEGE, IF I ENTERED THE WORKFORCE, I FEEL VERY PREPARED FOR THAT BECAUSE OF ALL THE AMAZING TEACHERS AND THINGS THAT I'VE HAD THROUGH CTE.

I'VE HAD A LOT OF INSPIRING TEACHERS WHO HAVE ALSO ENCOURAGED ME TO BECOME A TEACHER, AND THERE ARE SOME VERY PROMINENT ROLE MODELS IN MY LIFE I WOULD LIKE TO THANK SPECIFICALLY COACH CARR, MR. POWELL, MRS. BEALS, WHO IS OF COURSE AN AMAZING TEACHER, AS YOU'VE SEEN, AND MRS. NELSON, WHO HAVE ALL JUST HELPED ME GROW IN CTE.

OH, SORRY. SO I JUST FEEL THAT CTE IS JUST AN INCREDIBLE WAY TO GAIN OPPORTUNITIES AND EXPERIENCE IN THE REAL WORLD.

AND JUST THEY SHOULD BE VIEWED AS A LOT HIGHER THAN JUST AN EASY CLASS OR AN EXTRA COURSE TO TAKE. THANK YOU.

HI, MY NAME IS OWEN HUNTER. I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR ALL HAVING ME. I WANT TO START OFF BY JUST TOUCHING ON DECA DECA.

I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE DECA CLUB AT PRINCE GEORGE, AND IT HAS TAUGHT ME GREAT LESSONS ABOUT BUSINESS AND JUST BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE EFFECTIVELY. I'VE LEARNED IT LIKE WHEN I FIRST STARTED, I WAS NOT VERY GOOD AT COMMUNICATING WITH PEOPLE AND WHEN I SORRY.

WHEN I FIRST STARTED OFF IT, SHE KIND OF PUSHED ME TO GET OUT THERE, AND THEN SHE PUSHED ME TO GET INTO THE STATE COMPETITION, WHERE AT DISTRICTS, I PLACED SECOND IN MY CATEGORY AND MADE STATES, AND THEN THIS YEAR I PLACED SECOND IN MY CATEGORY AGAIN AND MADE STATES.

SO IT HAS SHOWN ME HOW MUCH I'VE PROGRESSED THROUGH THAT.

THEN ALSO, I'VE JUST GOTTEN GOOD AT BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE TO OTHER STUDENTS AND TEACH THEM ABOUT DECA AND OTHER THINGS. THE SECOND THING I WANT TO TOUCH ON, SORRY, TOUCH ON IS TEACHERS FOR TOMORROW. TEACHERS FOR TOMORROW HAS BROUGHT LIKE A CAREER PATH TO MY MIND.

I NEVER THOUGHT WOULD I? I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD GO DOWN, WHICH IS TEACHING.

OBVIOUSLY. I AM GOING TO LONGWOOD UNIVERSITY TO PURSUE A HISTORY MAJOR, AND I WANT TO COME BACK HERE AND TEACH,

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WITH THAT, I WANT TO WITH THAT, I WANT TO GO INTO SOCIAL MEDIA, WHERE I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA HAS BEEN SUCH A BIG PART IN THIS, BECAUSE I DID GET THE SOCIAL MEDIA INTERNSHIP AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR, WHERE I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT THERE AND MAKE CONNECTIONS THROUGH ALL THIS AND BE ABLE TO DO ALL THE FOOTBALL GAMES AND BASKETBALL GAMES, ALL THE OTHER TYPE OF SPORTS AND ACADEMIC EVENTS. SAME WITH JUST DOING THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING. TONIGHT WAS FOR THE INTERNSHIP. IT IS ALSO BROUGHT ME A PATH TO WHERE I'VE BEEN.

I HAVE BEEN TALKING TO THE LONGWOOD DIRECTOR OF CREATIVE OR CREATIVE DIRECTOR THERE, AND I HAVE SECURED A SPOT AS AN INTERN WHEN I GET THERE.

SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO FOLLOW UP THAT SPEECH BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE TOO MUCH PREPARED.

BUT THANK YOU GUYS FOR YOUR TIME. AND THAT'S WHERE I WAS.

HELLO, I'M AIDAN SILVERSMITH, AND I'D LIKE TO THANK YOU GUYS FOR HAVING ME HERE. LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE. AND I THINK I WANT TO START BY TALKING ABOUT ALL THE DIFFERENT EXPERIENCES I HAVE. AND FIRST OF ALL, I GRADUATED LAST YEAR, AND I'M CURRENTLY STUDYING ENGINEERING AT BRIGHTPOINT.

AND WHEN I LOOK BACK ON MY HIGH SCHOOL TIME, EVERYTHING THAT I REMEMBER IS EXPERIENCES IN CTE.

I PARTICIPATED IN DECA. I WAS THE PRESIDENT MY SENIOR YEAR.

I PLACED THIRD PLACE IN ACCOUNTING AT THE STATE LEVEL AND PARTICIPATED IN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION.

I TOOK CLASSES WITH MR. AMO AND I GOT MY FAA PART 107 COMMERCIAL DRONE LICENSE.

I TOOK ACCOUNTING CLASSES. I DID MORE THAN THAT.

I I'VE RAN OUT OF THINGS TO TO REMEMBER. BUT WHEN I LOOK BACK, THAT'S ALL I REMEMBER.

I DON'T REMEMBER THOSE CORE CLASSES, EVEN THOUGH THEY BUILT ME THOSE FUNDAMENTAL SKILLS I USE EVERY DAY IN ENGINEERING.

I REMEMBER GAINING THE EXPERIENCE. AND, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER EXPERIENCE I HAD WAS AN IT INTERNSHIP WITH MR. BRUBAKER. AND THAT WAS AN AWESOME EXPERIENCE.

AND BECAUSE OF ALL THESE EXPERIENCES AND THE GREAT RESUME THAT I BUILT WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, I WAS ABLE TO LAND AN ENGINEERING INTERNSHIP IN MY FIRST YEAR OF COLLEGE.

SO I'M CURRENTLY A PROCESS ENGINEERING INTERN AT AMSTED RAIL.

WE MANUFACTURE RAILROAD BEARINGS IN PETERSBURG, AND THAT HAS BEEN A WONDERFUL LEARNING EXPERIENCE, AND IT'S PROPELLING MY RESUME EVEN FURTHER. AND I KNOW I WILL GET EVEN BETTER INTERNSHIPS.

AND I'M JUST INCREDIBLY THANKFUL FOR THE CTE DEPARTMENT.

AND I HAVE THREE YOUNGER SIBLINGS WHO ARE CURRENTLY IN PRINCE GEORGE, AND I SINCERELY HOPE THAT THE CTE DEPARTMENT CAN HAVE A MAJOR IMPACT ON THEIR LIVES LIKE IT HAS ON MINE. SO ANY MORE FUNDING THAT CAN GO TO CTE, I STRONGLY ENCOURAGE IT.

THANK YOU. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE SOME GIFTS FROM THE PRINT SHOP.

AND. THANK YOU GUYS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU. HEY, WAY TO GO.

THAT'S AWESOME. WOW. YOU'RE WELCOME.

THAT'S WHAT I WAS THINKING. VERY NICE. VERY NICE.

THANK YOU. YES. OKAY. ABBY. DOCTOR! MARTIN! YOU'RE UP.

[3. Comprehensive Plan Update - Goal 1, Part 2 - Dr. Abbie Martin]

I COME BACK TO YOU THIS EVENING WITH PART TWO OF OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN UPDATE ON GOAL ONE, ACADEMIC GROWTH AND ENGAGEMENT. AND TONIGHT, ALTHOUGH IT LOOKS LIKE A LOT OF OBJECTIVES, I WILL RUN THROUGH THEM BRIEFLY TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE REMAINING OBJECTIVES FOR THIS EVENING UNDER GOAL ONE.

AS WE LOOK AT OBJECTIVE THREE, IT IS TO PROMOTE STUDENT AND STAFF DIGITAL LITERACY, AND THE STRATEGIES ARE REALLY FOCUSED ON EXPANDING THOSE LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN THE DIGITAL REALM FOR BOTH OUR STUDENTS AS WELL AS FACULTY.

AND WE'VE DONE A LITTLE BIT OF WORK ON THIS. OUR PROGRESS MONITORING TOOL, YOU CAN SEE TO THE LEFT IS IN PROGRESS AS WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE DIGITAL LEARNING PLATFORMS. ALL OF OUR STUDENTS NOW HAVE ACCESS TO CHROMEBOOKS OR IPADS THAT THEY USE ON A DAILY BASIS IN THEIR CLASSROOMS. WE HAVE ALSO IMPLEMENTED A VARIETY OF DIGITAL LEARNING FOR OUR STAFF, AND CONTINUE TO PERSONALIZE THEIR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DIGITAL PLATFORMS.

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INTEGRATING THE FIVE CS YOU CAN SEE FROM OUR PREVIOUS PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING, THOSE THEMES CONTINUE INTO OUR PARTICULAR PIECES FOR THIS AS WELL. WE HAVE INTEGRATED ELEMENTARY STEM LABS IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS.

WE HAVE ALSO ARE WORKING TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF PROJECT BASED LEARNING AT J.J.

MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND WILL ARE SEEKING THE FUNDING FOR THAT GO TECH LAB AT J.J.

MOORE AS WELL. ALL OF THOSE PIECES HELP TO CONTINUE THE WORK OF OUR FIVE CS.

WE'VE ALSO WORKED TO STRENGTHEN PARTNERSHIPS WITH CAREER EXPLORATION, AND THAT'S INCLUDED THE REVERSE CAREER FAIR THAT MISS SERRANO MENTIONED JUST A MOMENT AGO. WE HAVE ALSO IMPLEMENTED COLLEGE AND CAREER FAIRS AT BOTH NB CLEMENTS AND THE HIGH SCHOOL EACH YEAR, AND WE ARE PARTNERING WITH HOPEWELL PRINCE GEORGE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE TO PROVIDE IN-SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES FOR STUDENTS TO MEET WITH EMPLOYERS.

AND THAT INCLUDES LUNCH AND LEARN OPPORTUNITIES, CLASSROOM VISITS FROM EMPLOYERS, AS WELL AS AFTER SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES WITH OUR CLUBS.

OBJECTIVE FIVE IS ENGAGING STUDENTS AND BROADENING SCHOOL CONNECTIONS THROUGH CLUB ACTIVITIES AND SPORTS.

AND WE DO CONSIDER THIS PARTICULAR OBJECTIVE COMPLETE.

WE HAVE REVIEWED OUR EXTRACURRICULAR ATHLETIC OFFERINGS AND FOCUSED OUR RESOURCES TOWARDS OFFERINGS OF STUDENT INTEREST.

SPECIFICALLY, TWO YEARS AGO, WE COMPLETED A SURVEY OF OUR SECONDARY STUDENTS AND ASKED THEM WHAT CLUBS AND SPORTS THEY WERE INTERESTED IN.

THIS BOARD VOTED TO EXPAND OUR SPORTS, WHICH INCLUDED OUR ADDING OUR VARSITY GIRLS AND BOYS SWIM TEAMS. WE'VE ALSO ADDED OUR VARSITY GIRLS WRESTLING TEAM AND ARCHERY TO JROTC.

WE'VE ALSO ADDED ESPORTS TO ALL OF THE SECONDARY SCHOOLS.

WE CAN, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO REVIEW THOSE SURVEY FINDINGS AND CONSIDER CHANGES IN NUMBER AND TYPE.

OBJECTIVE SIX PROVIDING RICH AND EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES FOR CHILDREN.

WE HAVE ADDED 60 SLOTS FOR OUR PRE-K STUDENTS TO ATTEND EARLY CHILDHOOD EXPERIENCES HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE, AND WE CONTINUE TO GROW THAT AS FUNDING ALLOWS.

BUT DURING THE TIME OF THIS COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, WE HAVE ADDED 60 SLOTS OR THREE ADDITIONAL CLASSROOMS. WE HAVE ALSO PROVIDED ALL OF OUR PRE-K STAFF WITH TRAINING IN THE CLASSROOM ASSESSMENT SCORING SYSTEM, AS WELL AS THE CREATIVE CURRICULUM. IN REGARDS TO STRENGTHENING REMEDIATION AND ENRICHMENT.

WE ARE STILL CONTINUING TO WORK ON THESE OBJECTIVES.

INCREASING FLEXIBLE LEARNING OPTIONS AT THE ELEMENTARY LEVEL.

WE DO HAVE AN INTERVENTION BLOCK IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AT J.J.

MOORE. WE ALSO HAVE AN INTERVENTION BLOCK BUILT INTO THAT SCHEDULE, AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO EXPLORE WAYS FOR FLEXIBLE LEARNING TO BE IMPLEMENTED IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS. IN REGARDS TO IMPLEMENTING AND MONITORING SOCIAL EMOTIONAL LEARNING AND POSITIVE BEHAVIOR INTERVENTION SUPPORTS.

I'M PLEASED TO REPORT THAT THE VIRGINIA TIERED SYSTEM OF SUPPORTS FOR BEHAVIOR AND ACADEMICS IS IMPLEMENTED IN ALL OF OUR SCHOOLS AT THIS TIME, AND CONTINUES TO BE MONITORED AT THE DISTRICT LEVEL, ALONG WITH THE SUPPORT OF THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL COACHES THAT HELP SUPPORT US. AND THEN OUR LAST STRATEGY FOR THAT IS PROVIDING CURRICULAR OPTIONS THAT SUPPORT PERSONALIZED INSTRUCTION FOR STUDENTS. THAT IS A STRATEGY THAT WE ARE STILL WORKING TO ACHIEVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE UPDATES TO THE BOARD AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

BOARD MEMBERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR MARTIN? HEARING NONE.

SEEING NONE. THANK YOU. DOCTOR MARTIN, THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NEXT UP IS THE OVERVIEW OF THE 2025 SUMMER SCHOOL PROGRAMS.

[4. Overview of 2025 Summer School Program - Mattie Thweatt]

VICE CHAIR. CHRIS. BOARD MEMBERS. DOCTOR. LYLE.

DOCTOR. MARTIN. BELIEVE IT OR NOT, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT SUMMER SCHOOL ALREADY.

IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. OKAY. SO AS YOU ALL HAVE IN YOUR PACKETS, YOU ALL SEE THAT THE ELEMENTARY ACADEMY WILL BE HELD AT HARRISON ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

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MOORE, WITH THE PRINCIPAL BEING MISS CHRISTINE CHRISTINA DRURY.

SUMMER ENRICHMENT WILL BE ALSO HELD AT J.J. MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL WITH MELANIE FICK OVERSEEING THAT.

AND THEN AT PRINCE GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL, WE WILL HAVE OUR FRESHEN UP AND CREDIT RECOVERY, WHICH WILL BE LED BY MISS DONNA BRANCH HARRIS, ALONG WITH THE FINE ARTS ACADEMY BY MISS MELANIE FICK.

THE DATES OF SUMMER SCHOOL WILL BE JUNE THE 9TH THROUGH JUNE THE 20TH JUNE I'M SORRY, JUNE 9TH THROUGH JUNE 26TH WITH NO SCHOOL ON JUNE 19TH, WHICH WILL BE 11 DAYS. AND THAT'S ALSO FOR FINE ARTS AS WELL.

SUMMER ENRICHMENT WILL RUN JUNE 9TH THROUGH JUNE 18TH, WITH ALL SESSIONS RUNNING FROM 830 TO NOON INSTEAD OF THE SPLIT OF THE 90 MINUTE CLASSES, AND THAT IS A TOTAL OF SEVEN DAYS. SUMMER PROGRAM INTEREST FORMS WENT OUT FEBRUARY THE 20TH AND WE'RE DUE BACK ON MARCH 10TH.

SUMMER SCHOOL TEACHING APPLICATIONS WILL GO OUT FRIDAY, MARCH 21ST AND WILL BE DUE BACK FRIDAY, MARCH 28TH AND OUR TARGET DATE FOR PARENTS SUMMER SCHOOL OFFERS WILL GO.

LETTERS WILL GO OUT AROUND MAY 5TH. AND FOR SUMMER ENRICHMENT, THE TARGET DATE FOR THE STUDENTS TO RECEIVE THEIR INVITATIONS WILL GO OUT THE WEEK OF APRIL THE 28TH BY HARD COPY AND ALSO BY AN ALL CALL.

DO YOU ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS OR MISS? I JUST WANT TO SAY I'M GLAD THAT SUMMER ENRICHMENT IS BACK AT ONE SCHOOL INSTEAD OF HAVING TWO, AND I LIKE THE FULL TIME. IT'S VERY CONFUSING AND AND WITH THE PICKUP AND DROP OFF AND SOME PARENTS WERE DROPPING OFF AT EIGHT, COMING BACK AT 1030 GOING BACK AND THEN COMING BACK AT 12.

AND IT JUST CALLS FOR A LOT OF CHAOS, FOR TRAFFIC, FOR THE PARENTS TO PICK UP THE KIDS.

AND IT GIVES THE KIDS A FULL MORNING, YOU KNOW, OF LEARNING.

WHEN I WORKED FOR THE SCHOOL DIVISION, THAT'S ONE OF THE DEPARTMENTS I WORKED WITH, AND IT WAS VERY HARD, AND PARENTS BEGGED TO BE IN THERE THE WHOLE TIME BECAUSE IT WAS YOU.

YOUR CHILD MIGHT BE 830 TO 1030. AND IT WAS. YEAH, I LIKE IT BETTER THE WHOLE TIME.

YEAH. AND AS SOON AS YOU DROP OFF, IT'S TIME TO GO RIGHT BACK.

SO YOU MAY AS WELL SIT IN THE PARKING LOT. EXACTLY.

SO THAT'S IT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? NOPE. THANK YOU.

YES. AMEN. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU ALL. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. THIS TIME I'M GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR A PUBLIC COMMENT.

MISS KIRK, WE HAVE ANYBODY SIGNED UP? YES, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, SO I'M GOING TO OPEN THE FLOOR FOR PUBLIC COMMENT. IF YOU WANT TO COME FORWARD, YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES. PLEASE STATE YOUR NAME, ADDRESS HEARING AND SEEING NOBODY MOVING AT THIS TIME.

I'M GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC COMMENT, AND WE'RE GOING TO MOVE TO SCHOOL BOARD COMMENT.

[1. School Board Member Comment]

WELL, THANK YOU. CHAIRMAN ELI, I DON'T KNOW REALLY WHERE TO START TONIGHT.

WOW. I TELL YOU, I GUESS WITH THE CHILDREN, ALL OF THEM.

HOW IMPRESSIVE ARE THEY? THE CTE FROM FROM MORE WOW.

IT'S JUST IT'S IT'S GREAT. THE. THEY WERE WELL SPOKEN.

THEY TALKED ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITIES. MANY OF YOU MIGHT NOT KNOW.

I SPENT YEARS SERVING ON THE WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN OUR REGION.

AND AND THE CHALLENGE WAS THAT OVER THE YEARS, WE WE JUST COULDN'T FIND PEOPLE WHO CAME INTO OUT DIRECTLY OUT OF SCHOOL, READY TO GO TO WORK. THEY DIDN'T HAVE THE FUNDAMENTALS OF KNOWING EVEN WHAT IT WAS TO BE AT WORK ON TIME.

AND IT REALLY I EVEN SERVED AS THE CHAIRMAN FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

AND I FOUND THAT IF YOU REALLY WANT TO INFLUENCE CHILDREN TO LEARN THE OPPORTUNITIES THEY HAVE, YOU HAVE TO START AT AN EARLY AGE. AND THE BEST CASE STUDY I FOUND WAS OUT IN BOEING, OUT IN SEATTLE, WHERE THEY GO IN AND IN THE PRESCHOOLS AND IN THE KINDERGARTENS, THAT THEY START WITH COLORING BOOKS AND JUST HAVE THE CHILDREN COLORING DIFFERENT ROLES AND JOBS THAT THEY COULD HAVE.

AND I SEE OUR CTE PROGRAM AND WE'RE WE'RE STARTING TO MODEL THAT.

CTE GOES THROUGH ALL THE GRADES AND IT'S AN INFLUENCE.

IT'S A POWERFUL INFLUENCE. I ALWAYS THOUGHT ONE OF THE MOST I MUST SAY CRIMINAL.

I DON'T KNOW THAT I CAN FIND A BETTER WORD RIGHT NOW.

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SO THEY FORCED THEIR CHILDREN TO COLLEGE. THEY GET IN DEBT, AND THEN THEY NEVER SECURE A JOB THAT HAS ANY RETURN ON THE INVESTMENT THEY MADE IN COLLEGE, IN CERTAIN FIELDS. AND AND I WAS ONE OF THOSE PARENTS.

I REMEMBER MY SECOND SON CAME TO ME AND TOLD ME HE WAS GOING TO GO TO THE APPRENTICE SCHOOL IN NEWPORT NEWS.

AND MY REACTION WAS, OH NO, YOU AREN'T. AND AND THEN HE CAME BACK AT ME AND HE SAYS, DAD, AND THIS WAS A COUPLE OF DAYS. I WAS A LITTLE HEADSTRONG.

HE CAME BACK AND HE SAID, DAD, WILL YOU AT LEAST GO DOWN THERE AND TOUR THE FACILITY? AND I HAD TO GIVE HIM MY PASSPORT JUST TO JUST TO TOUR THE FACILITY.

AND I FOUND THAT THE RATIO TO GET ACCEPTED TO THE APPRENTICE SCHOOL WAS THE SAME AS HARVARD.

IT'S 15 TO 1, 15 APPLICANTS TO ONE PERSON GETTING IN THERE.

AND IT IT CHANGED MY OUTLOOK ON CTE AND DEVELOPMENT AND AND HOW MUCH MONEY IS SPENT ON EDUCATION.

THAT DOESN'T ALWAYS LEAD TO THE TYPE OF CAREER THAT THEY MAY CHOOSE.

AND HEARING THESE CHILDREN AND BEING EXPOSED TO THAT.

AND I SAY CHILDREN, I KNOW THEY'RE YOUNG ADULTS AND WHAT THEIR THOUGHTS ARE ON THE FUTURE AND THEIR PATH AND THE I THINK THE GREATEST THING THAT WE CAN PROVIDE AS MENTORS AND EDUCATORS AND, AND THOSE WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN IS THAT THEY HAVE OPTIONS WHEN THEY FINISH HIGH SCHOOL AND THAT THEY CAN TAKE THOSE OPTIONS AND GO AND FULFILL THEIR DESTINY BECAUSE WE'VE EXPOSED THEM TO SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS.

AND THEY KNOW WHAT THE POSSIBILITIES ARE, BECAUSE I THINK EACH PERSON SHOULD PURSUE THEIR THEIR HAPPINESS AND WHAT THEY'RE DRIVEN TO.

AND I COULD HEAR IT IN THAT YOUNG MAN. I MEAN, THE THE YOUNG LADY, I THINK HER NAME WAS RILEY HUMPHRIES.

WOW. BUT THE YOUNG MAN, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS MAYBE NOT AS A REFINED OF A SPEAKER, HE HAD A PATH FOR HIS LIFE AND HE HAD OPTIONS IN THERE.

AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT'S ALWAYS GOOD TO HAVE A PLAN B, IT'S ALWAYS TO HAVE THE ABILITY TO ADJUST.

AND I WAS JUST IMPRESSED BY THOSE THOSE YOUNG PEOPLE AND THE AND THEIR SPIRIT AND THEIR DRIVE.

AND I KNOW THAT WE AS A SCHOOL DIVISION HELP THEM HOPEFULLY FULFILL THEIR DESTINY.

AND I HOPE WE CAN CONTINUE THAT GREAT WORK. I'M GRATEFUL FOR ALL THE AMAZING TEACHERS.

MANY OF THOSE TEACHERS HAVE TAUGHT FAMILY MEMBERS OF MINE, AND I'M GRATEFUL FOR THEM.

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH FOR ANY OF THEM. I HOW YOU PICK ONE? I DON'T KNOW, BUT THE ONE WE PICKED WAS REALLY GOOD.

AND ALL OF THEM UP THERE JUST AMAZING. WE'RE GRATEFUL FOR THE INFLUENCE THAT THEY HAVE AND FOR THEIR DEDICATION AND COMMITMENT, AND I'M SURE OTHERS WILL SAY MORE ABOUT THEM.

BUT THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I APPRECIATE IT. I WOULD FEEL REMISS IF I DIDN'T SHARE WITH YOU A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.

MY WIFE AND I HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO TAKE IN A COUPLE YOUNG MEN, AND THEY LIVED WITH US FOR A WHILE, AND ONE OF THEM, HE'S JUST A GREAT YOUNG MAN.

HE CONTINUED TO. AND HIS FRIEND GOT OUT OF JAIL AND HE GOT HIM A JOB.

AND THEY WERE THEY GOT IN AN ARGUMENT. HIS BEST FRIEND GOT IN AN ARGUMENT WITH HIM RIGHT OVER HERE IN PINE RIDGE TWO WEEKS AGO.

AND HE SHOT AND HE KILLED HIM. AND MY HEART JUST GOES OUT TO TO THE FAMILY, BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, TO THE OPPORTUNITIES JUST LOST BY A YOUNG LIFE.

AND TWO LIVES ARE REALLY DESTROYED AT THAT POINT AND ALL THE ARE AFFECTED, AND I HOPE I DON'T KNOW HOW WE PREVENT THAT, BUT I HOPE THE WORK WE DO CAN CONTINUE TO PREVENT THAT, AND THAT PEOPLE CAN SEE THE GREAT THINGS THAT THEY CAN ACCOMPLISH AND WHAT THEY CAN BECOME, AND THEY STAY FOCUSED ON THE GOAL. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. JOHNSON. MISS CHRIS. SURE. SO JUST TO ECHO WHAT MR. JOHNSON SAID, ALL OF THE RECOGNITIONS. THE SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS, OUR TEACHERS OF THE YEAR.

JUST AMAZING. I WASN'T HERE LAST MONTH. I HAD TO MISS THE SCHOOL BOARD MEETING, BUT ROB BROUGHT ME ALL OF THESE CARDS AND CANDIES, AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING. SO YOU GOT CANDY? I DID COOKIES. WHAT ELSE? IT WAS TONS OF STUFF.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANKS TO EVERYONE FOR THAT.

AND THANKS TO HARRISON FOR LETTING ME BE A PART OF THE READ ACROSS AMERICA DAY.

EVEN THOUGH I DIDN'T READ, I HAD DOCTOR MARTIN DO IT, BUT.

SO THANK YOU, DOCTOR MARTIN AS WELL. AND. YEAH, THAT'S THAT'S ABOUT ALL, MISS TAYLOR.

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AND WE HAD MANY AMAZING SHOW, SHOWCASING HIGHLIGHTS OF THE MAGNIFICENT WORK THAT OUR STUDENTS AND OUR TEACHERS ARE DOING.

I MEAN, FROM MISS FIERRO, THE SENATE PAGE. WHAT AN INTERESTING OPPORTUNITY THAT IS TO MISS JONES, THE KINDNESS AMBASSADOR. ALL THE WORK OF THE SOCIAL WORKERS AND ALL THE TEACHERS.

AND, YOU KNOW, I, YOU KNOW, AS MR. JONES SAID, HOW DO YOU CHOOSE JUST ONE? I MEAN, ALL OF OUR TEACHERS ARE AMAZING. SO CHOOSING JUST ONE IS, I'M SURE, VERY DIFFICULT.

BUT I WANT TO SAY CONGRATULATIONS TO THE ONES THAT WERE CHOSEN.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MR. MISS BEAL. I MEAN, HOURS AND HOURS OF HARD WORK AND DEDICATION GO INTO EACH OF YOUR DAYS.

AND WE DO NOT DOES NOT GO UNRECOGNIZED. AND WE DO THANK YOU FOR THAT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THE CTE. YOU KNOW, IT WAS COMMENTED THAT IT WAS EASY CLASSES.

I THINK IT'S A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY FOR STUDENTS TO, YOU KNOW, TO SEE WHAT WHAT'S OUT THERE.

YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S OUT THERE UNTIL YOU START EXPERIENCING IT.

AND SOME KIDS DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT UNTIL THEY GET OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL. BUT WE'RE GIVING OUR CHILDREN OPPORTUNITIES TO SEE THAT BEFORE THEY GET OUT OF HIGH SCHOOL, SO THAT THEY CAN MAYBE HAVE DIFFERENT PATHS, AND THAT YOU'RE GOING TO GO DOWN MAYBE ONE PATH AND THEN CHANGE AND GO ANOTHER PATH.

AND THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THAT. THERE ARE OPTIONS. I STARTED OFF, I WAS A SENIOR NURSING MAJOR IN COLLEGE, HAD AN INTERNSHIP AT DUKE UNIVERSITY IN MY SENIOR YEAR.

I WAS LIKE, OH NO, I WANT TO BE AN ACCOUNTANT.

SO I SWITCHED TO AN ACCOUNTING. SO HOW DUMB WAS THAT? MAYBE I SHOULD HAVE STAYED ON MY FIRST PATH. BUT ANYWAY, I AM WHERE I AM AND I'M CLOSE TO RETIREMENT, SO I'M NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT THAT. BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR EVERYONE THAT COMES OUT.

I LOVE SEEING A FULL PACKED HOUSE. SO IT'S NICE TO SEE Y'ALL AND THANK YOU.

AND HAVE A GOOD EVENING, MISS ANDREWS. AND I HAVE THE SAME REMARKS THAT THEY HAVE.

BUT I DO WANT TO SAY THAT THIS MORNING THERE WERE SEVERAL PEOPLE THAT WERE UPSET THAT DOCTOR LISLE DID NOT OPEN SCHOOLS LATE. AND I WANT TO SAY AS A BOARD MEMBER, I KNOW HE DOES NOT MAKE THAT DECISION ALONE.

HE TALKS TO HIS DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS OR CHIEF OF OPERATIONS TO THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT, THE POLICE DEPARTMENT, AND CHECKS EVERYTHING OUT.

AND IF HE THOUGHT THERE WAS A CHANCE OF ONE OF OUR BUSSES TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT, HE WOULD NOT HAVE LET US START SCHOOL ON TIME.

IT'S A VERY HARD JOB, AND I JUST WANT TO SAY AS A BOARD MEMBER, I UNDERSTOOD WHAT HE DID.

HE LET PARENTS KNOW FOR THE KIDS WHO WERE GOING TO BE LATE OR THE DIFFERENT ROUTES, WHAT WE WERE DOING.

THE PARENTS WERE NOTIFIED. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE PUBLIC, LET EVERYBODY KNOW THAT IT'S NOT EASY FOR HIM TO DO IT.

WHAT EVERY SUPERINTENDENT THAT HAS TO OPEN LAKE CLOSE SCHOOL AND YOU KNOW, YOU CLOSE BECAUSE THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE A FOOT OF SNOW.

YOU DON'T HAVE A FLAKE. WELL, YOU HAVE TO DO WHAT THE WEATHER PEOPLE SAY.

SO ANYWAY I ALSO WANT TO SAY OUR CTE PROGRAM IS AMAZING.

I WAS A DECA STUDENT AT PRINCE GEORGE HIGH SCHOOL.

I DID NOT HAVE MISS BEALE. THE TEACHER I HAD ACTUALLY STILL WORKS AT CLEMENTS NOW.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO MISS BEALE. HER DECA STUDENTS ARE VERY QUALIFIED.

WHEN WE HAVE EVENTS, THEY COME AND SERVE. WHEN WE HAVE CONVOCATION, THEY COME AND HELP GET THE STAFF IN.

AND IT'S VERY NICE. AND I ALSO WANT TO THANK MORE AND ALL OF OUR TEACHERS, ALL THE HARD WORK YOU DO, WE'RE DOWN TO TWO MONTHS, AND WE CAN MAKE IT BEFORE YOU'LL HAVE A WEEK OFF IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS SO YOU CAN REJUVENATE TO BE READY TO FINISH THE SCHOOL YEAR. THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

SO MY SENTIMENTS ARE SORT OF SAME WAY THE OTHER BOARD MEMBERS HAVE.

THANK YOU FOR THE PRESENTATIONS THIS EVENING. MR. JOHNSON, YOU COULDN'T HAVE SAID IT ANY BETTER THAT THOSE THREE STUDENTS THAT STOOD HERE THIS EVENING AND SPOKE ARE THE REASON WHY PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS IS WHY THEY'RE THE BEST SCHOOL DIVISION IN THIS STATE, BECAUSE THEY STOOD HERE AND THEY TALKED, AND THAT'S BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE WE HAVE LEADING THEM. EACH AND EVERY DAY OUR KIDS GO IN FRONT OF THE BEST STAFF THERE IS.

AND I DON'T TAKE THAT LIGHTLY. I MEAN, IT. I'M A GRADUATE OF THIS SCHOOL DIVISION, AND THERE IS NO OTHER SCHOOL DIVISION BETTER THAN THIS ONE.

AND IT'S BECAUSE OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE PUT IN FRONT OF OUR KIDS.

SO I JUST THANK EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM. CONGRATULATIONS TO EACH TEACHER OF THE YEAR.

I'M SURE IT WAS A TOUGH DECISION ON JUST PICKING ONE.

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AND WISH THEM THE BEST. I ALSO WANT TO THANK MR. BROWN FOR HIS COMMUNICATION THROUGHOUT THIS BUDGET PROCESS.

IT'S NOT BEEN, YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE EASIEST ONES THAT WE'VE HAD TO DO FOR THEM AND US.

BUT WE HAVE COMMUNICATED AND WE'VE HAD SOME DIFFICULT CONVERSATIONS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE ALSO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE HAVE TO GO FOR BOTH SIDES OF THE STREET.

SPRING SPORTS HAVE STARTED. BEST OF LUCK TO ALL OF THOSE TEAMS. AS THEY'VE ENDEAVOR IN THEIR HOPEFULLY TO BRING HOME A REGIONAL AND STATE CHAMPIONSHIP.

AND GET ANOTHER RING LIKE MR. MCALLISTER HAS BACK THERE ON HIS HAND.

SO, YEAH, YOU GET A CHARTER BUS TO GO TO THE STATE TOURNAMENT, WHETHER IT'S IN RICHMOND OR NOT.

SO MR. MCALLISTER KNOWS ALL ABOUT THAT. SO BUT, YEAH, BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYBODY.

LIKE MISS ANDREW SAYS WE DON'T HAVE BUT TWO MONTHS.

KIDS, I KNOW YOU'RE GETTING READY TO ENDURE YOUR SOLS.

BEST OF LUCK TO YOU. AND JUST REMEMBER THAT THOSE SOL SCORES AND THOSE SOL NUMBERS DO NOT DEFINE WHO YOU ARE AS A STUDENT.

THAT'S JUST A NUMBER THAT WE HAVE TO HAVE FOR ACCREDITATION AND THOSE THINGS.

BUT IT DOES NOT DEFINE THE TYPE OF STUDENT YOU ARE, NOR DOES IT DEFINE WHAT KIND OF TEACHER YOU HAVE IN FRONT OF YOU.

SO THANK YOU AND BEST OF LUCK FOR THAT. AND DOCTOR LISLE, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU NOW FOR YOUR SUPERINTENDENT COMMENTS.

[1. Superintendent's Report / Information]

SEVERAL THINGS TO SHARE WITH YOU THIS EVENING.

SOME SOME THINGS HAVE ALREADY OCCURRED AND SOME THINGS YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD ABOUT. OF COURSE, AS WE DO EVERY MONTH, WE'RE PROVIDING OUR CURRENT ENROLLMENT, STUDENT ENROLLMENT AS OF MARCH THE 10TH.

SEVERAL EVENTS THAT ARE EITHER IN PROGRESS THAT HAVE OCCURRED OR WILL OCCUR.

WE HAVE SEVERAL FOLKS WHO ARE PARTICIPATING IN THE VSBA FISCAL GOVERNANCE COHORT FOR 2025.

AND THOSE TEAM MEMBERS INCLUDE MYSELF, DOCTOR MARTIN, MR. ELY, MISS CRIST, AND MISS GARRETT. WE HAD OUR FIRST SESSION IN CHARLOTTESVILLE ON MARCH THE 11TH, AND WE HAVE THREE MORE SESSIONS THAT WILL BE HELD ON APRIL THE 1ST.

APRIL THE 24TH AND MAY THE 13TH. VSBA WORKFORCE READINESS MONTH IS CELEBRATED IN APRIL.

VSBA IS PROVIDING VIRTUAL TRAINING. THAT'S CALLED THE BASICS OF BUDGETING FOR STUDENT NEEDS THAT WILL BE HELD ON APRIL THE 10TH.

OUR SPECIAL OLYMPICS LITTLE FEET MEET IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR ON APRIL THE 24TH AT THE PRINCE GEORGE MULTI-PURPOSE FIELD FROM 9:00 UNTIL 02:00. VSBA IS ALSO HOSTING A 2025 HYBRID SCHOOL LAW CONFERENCE WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO OCCUR ON MAY THE 30TH AT THE RICHMOND HILTON.

BUT BUT AGAIN, I BELIEVE A VIRTUAL OPTION IS AVAILABLE.

AND THEN FINALLY, SEVERAL MESSAGES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN SHARED THAT YOU ALL HAVE ACCESS TO TONIGHT.

AGAIN, WE CELEBRATED MISS MISS CHRISTINA JONES, WHO IS A PARAPROFESSIONAL AT MIDDLE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WHERE SHE WAS HONORED AS THE KINDNESS AMBASSADOR DURING VIRGINIA KINDNESS WEEK.

M.B. CLEMONS JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL BETA CLUB MEMBERS THRIVED DURING THE STATE OF VIRGINIA STATE CONVENTION.

WE HAD OUR THE PGCC SPRING FLING EVENT ON MARCH THE 8TH THAT SHOWCASED TALENTS OF OUR LOCAL STUDENTS KINDERGARTEN AND PRE-K REGISTRATION NIGHT 2025.

THERE'S A NEW NEWS RELEASE HAS GONE OUT ABOUT THAT.

AND THEN ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I WAS ABLE TO SHARE WITH YOU ALL IS THAT MR. ALSO HELP US ORGANIZE THIS. WE WERE ABLE TO TAKE SEVERAL OF OUR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS OVER TO THE 49TH ANNUAL JOINT CULINARY TRAINING EXERCISE AT FORT BRAGG.

ADAMS DELEGATE CORY CORNER MADE A SURPRISE VISIT TO MIDDLE ROAD ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TO CELEBRATE READ ACROSS AMERICA WEEK.

AND FINALLY SOUTH ELEMENTARY HAD A VISIT DURING READ ACROSS AMERICA A WEEK FROM AUTHOR DAVID GORMAN WHO HOSTED A BOOK SIGNING AND A MEET AND GREET EXPERIENCE FOR THOSE STUDENTS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANK YOU DOCTOR. WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

[I. CONSENT AGENDA]

I MAKE A MOTION, WE APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

SECOND. MOTION BY MISS ANDREWS. SECOND BY MISS CHRIS.

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YES. NOW WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO DISCUSSION ITEMS.

[1. Mueller Builders - Roof Giveaway - Michelle Crist]

SO CHRIS AND I WORKED WITH THEM, AND THEY CAME UP WITH THIS CRITERIA. AND IT'S ALL FULL TIME STAFF AT PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY PUBLIC SCHOOLS CAN APPLY.

SO TEACHERS, ADMINISTRATORS, CUSTODIAL STAFF, CAFETERIA WORKERS, BUS DRIVERS, ALL FULL TIME STAFF YOU MUST OWN AND RESIDE IN THE HOME NEEDING A NEW ROOF. THE HOME MUST BE LOCATED IN PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY, AND THE ROOF MUST BE IN NEED OF REPAIR DUE TO AGE OR DAMAGE.

SO IF YOU SCROLL DOWN. AND THAT WEBSITE SHOULD WORK NOW.

WERE YOU ABLE TO PULL IT? YEAH. THERE YOU GO.

THERE. THIS IS THE WEBSITE. SO THERE'S THE ELIGIBILITY.

SO YOU JUST TYPE YOUR NAME WHO YOU WANT TO NOMINATE, THE THEIR TITLE AND SCHOOL.

OH, MR. BRUBAKER. AND THEN THE APPLICATION DEADLINE IS MAY 1ST.

THEN THEY WILL HAVE THEY'LL TAKE ALL OF THE NOMINATIONS THEY HAVE THERE.

YEAH, I THINK THAT WHAT A WONDERFUL OPPORTUNITY.

IF Y'ALL DON'T KNOW MARK MUELLER, MARK GRADUATED FROM PRINCE GEORGE HAS BEEN VERY HELPFUL.

HE HELPED WITH BOTH THE PAVILION AT THE STADIUM.

HE HELPED WITH THE PAVILION, THE BATTING CAGE AT THE BASEBALL.

HE'S JUST A GREAT, GREAT PRINCE GEORGE AND HAS HIS BUSINESS IN PRINCE GEORGE NOW.

AND THERE'S NO STRINGS ATTACHED HERE. HE'S GIVEN A ROOF TO THE DESERVING PERSON.

IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION, EVERY ANYONE IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.

IT'S HIS SOLE SELECTION. HE AND HIS COMPANY MAKE THAT SOLE SELECTION BECAUSE EVERY PENNY COMES FROM HIM.

SO HE WE THE SCHOOL DIVISION WE JUST ARE GRATEFUL.

BUT WE HAVE ZERO CONTROL. IT'S THEIR WEBSITE.

AND A GREAT OPPORTUNITY IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE IN YOUR SCHOOL TO NOMINATE THAT PERSON.

AND JUST, I MEAN, WHAT A BLESSING. JUST AMAZING.

SO. YEAH. SO I WAS SUPER EXCITED WHEN I FOUND OUT THAT THEY WANTED TO GO DOWN THIS ROUTE BECAUSE THIS ISN'T NORMALLY THE USUAL. I THINK THIS IS THE FIRST TIME SHE SAID, RIGHT, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO DO A TEACHER.

OR SCHOOL DIVISION. SCHOOL. YEAH. ALL ALL EVERY EVERY MEMBER OF OUR DIVISION IS ELIGIBLE.

YEP. AND THAT'S SOMETHING THEY KICKED AROUND AS A COMPANY AND AND MARK DECIDED NO I WANTED TO OPEN IT FOR EVERYONE.

WHOEVER IS MOST DESERVING. HE WANTS TO DO THAT.

SO HE DOES GREAT WORK. YES. SO WHAT WE WERE GOING TO DO IS I THINK YOU HAVE MICHAEL ALREADY PREPARED SOMETHING TO SEND OUT? I WILL, YES, MA'AM. SO THEN WE'LL HAVE MICHAEL SEND IT OUT TO ALL THE STAFF, AND HOPEFULLY WE CAN GET A LOT OF PEOPLE AND SEE, I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, WE'LL HAVE A WINNER. SO THERE IS NO CATCH, NO STRINGS ATTACHED OTHER THAN WHAT WAS ON THE CRITERIA.

THE CRITERIA, LIKE YOU HAVE TO OWN THE, YOU KNOW, OWN THE HOME AND IT MUST BE A NEED.

BUT YEAH, THAT'S ALL. SO WE JUST WANTED TO PUT THAT OUT THERE TONIGHT.

BOARD MEMBERS ANY QUESTIONS. ALL RIGHT. NEXT UP WILL BE MR.

[2. Financial Report for February 2025 - Finance Department]

THANK YOU. MR.. GOOD EVENING, BOARD MEMBERS. MR..

ELLIS, JUST TO WALK THROUGH THE FINANCE REPORT WITH YOU GUYS FOR FEBRUARY, START WITH THE REVENUE PAGE.

ALL FUNDS, OF COURSE, FOR FUNDS, THE OPERATING FUND, GRANT FUND, TEXTBOOK AND NUTRITIONAL SERVICES.

ALL FOUR FUNDS ARE CONSISTENT. FY 25 TO FY 24.

THREE OF THE FOUR FUNDS ARE RUNNING SLIGHTLY AHEAD OF COMPARED TO LAST YEAR.

[01:50:01]

I DO WANT TO STOP RIGHT HERE, IF I COULD AND JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT THE REPORT WILL LOOK LIKE NEXT MONTH.

BECAUSE IF YOU ALL RECALL, ON FEBRUARY 24TH, WE CAME TO YOU AND ASKED YOU TO REQUEST THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS FOR THE GRANT FUND AND FOR THE SCHOOL NUTRITION FUND.

YOU ALL APPROVED THAT REQUEST ON MARCH 11TH. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVED IT AND THE APPROPRIATE FUNDS.

SO NEXT MONTH, THE GRANT FUND WILL BE INCREASED BY $580,227.

IT WILL TOTAL 4,000,006 45 816. THAT WOULD BE INCREASES TO TITLE ONE SCHOOL SECURITY AND A LITERACY GRANT THAT WE JUST RECEIVED. NUTRITIONAL SERVICES. ALSO, WE DISCUSSED THAT WITH YOU ON THE 24TH.

AGAIN, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROPRIATED ADDITIONAL MONEY ON MARCH 11TH.

THEY APPROPRIATED, AS WE REQUESTED, $526,000.

SO NEXT MONTH WHEN WE COME TO YOU, THIS REVENUE SLIDE FOR SCHOOL NUTRITION WILL BE 04,000,687 704.

TO THE EXPENSE. YEAH. SO THE EXPENSE SIDE AGAIN THE SAME FUNDS, OF COURSE, OPERATING GRANTS, TEXTBOOK AND NUTRITION SERVICES. SO THE OPERATING BUDGET IS VERY CONSISTENT WITH WHERE IT WAS LAST YEAR.

SO FAR, WE SPENT 59.9%. I SHOULDN'T SAY THAT WE'VE OBLIGATED 59.9% OF THE 2025 BUDGET.

LAST YEAR THROUGH FEBRUARY, WE HAD OBLIGATED 60% OF THAT.

I'VE MENTIONED TO YOU A COUPLE TIMES NOW THAT WE DO HAVE A COUPLE CATEGORIES THAT WE'RE CONFIDENT ARE NOT GOING TO, THAT WE'LL EXCEED THE APPROPRIATION. AGAIN, THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, OF COURSE, IN THE OPERATING BUDGET APPROPRIATES BY CATEGORY.

SO WE ARE CLOSELY WATCHING PUPIL TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS, AND WE'VE BEEN CONSISTENT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS.

WE DO THINK THEY WILL EXCEED THEIR APPROPRIATION.

AND IF I COULD CIRCLE BACK TO THAT IN JUST A SECOND, I'D APPRECIATE I HAVE SOME OTHER THINGS TO TALK ABOUT. THE BUDGET, THE GRANTS FUND.

AGAIN, IT'S RUNNING A LITTLE BEHIND LAST YEAR'S.

SO THE GRANTS FUND HAS DIFFERENT GRANTS EVERY YEAR. SO TO COMPARE ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT CAN BE A LITTLE TRICKY. IT'S A LITTLE BEHIND LAST YEAR'S BUDGET, EVEN THOUGH WE ARE INCREASING THE BUDGET FOR 2025.

THE TEXTBOOK FUND IS AHEAD OF LAST YEAR, AGAIN, JUST BASED ON THE DIFFERENT TEXTBOOKS WE NEED FOR OUR STUDENTS AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE YEAR. THOSE FUNDS AREN'T NECESSARILY CONSISTENTLY SPENT FOR ONE YEAR TO THE NEXT.

AND SCHOOL NUTRITION, YOU CAN SEE IT'S AT 81% OF THE BUDGET IN 2025.

AND AGAIN, WE WENT TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AND GOT AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION FOR THAT.

SO WE SHOULD HAVE FUNDS TO LAST THE REST OF THE YEAR.

SO TO CIRCLE BACK TO THE TWO CATEGORIES PUPIL TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS THAT WE BELIEVE WILL EXCEED THE APPROPRIATION.

AGAIN, GOING BACK TO THE 24TH, WE UPDATED YOU ON THE 25 BUDGET AND THE 26 BUDGET.

AND AT THAT TIME, WE MENTIONED TO YOU THAT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE BOTH HAD AMENDMENTS FOR BOTH YEARS.

AND WE MENTIONED THAT FOR 2026, THEY BOTH HAD THE IDENTICAL AMENDMENTS, ONE FOR SUPPORT POSITIONS, ONE FOR SPECIAL ED. I FORGET WHICH CHAMBER NOW, BUT ONE CHAMBER HAD A BONUS IN 26.

ONE CHAMBER HAD A BONUS IN 25. SO THE FINAL AMENDMENTS FROM THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY THAT WENT TO THE GOVERNOR KEPT THE BONUS IN 25.

SO WE WOULD NEED TO GO BACK AGAIN TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO REQUEST AN ADDITIONAL APPROPRIATION.

SO IN TOTAL, WHEN THE STATE DOES THEIR BUDGET, THEY MAKE SEVERAL TECHNICAL UPDATES.

SO FOR 2025, THEY MADE SEVERAL TECHNICAL UPDATES BASED ON PARTICIPATION IN SOME OF THE DIFFERENT PROGRAMS THEY FIND.

AND THEY ALSO ADDED ABOUT $635,000 FOR THE BONUS.

SO IN TOTAL IN 25, WE'RE EXPECTING TO RECEIVE ABOUT $1 MILLION ADDITIONAL FROM THE STATE.

AND THEN WE WOULD HAVE TO ADD THE BONUS THEN.

SO THE BONUS THEY GAVE US ABOUT 635. IT'S ONLY FOR SOQ POSITIONS.

THE BONUS WE ESTIMATE IS GOING TO COST US RIGHT AT $1 MILLION.

SO AS IT TURNS OUT, WE'LL GET $1 MILLION IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE STATE.

ON THE REVENUE SIDE, THE BONUS WILL COST US $1 MILLION.

SO THEY WON'T NET OUT TO THE DOLLAR, BUT IT'S GOING TO BE PRETTY CLOSE EXPENSE TO THE REVENUE NETS OUT.

AND AGAIN, WE'LL HAVE TO WE WILL NEED TO COME BACK TO YOU TO ASK PERMISSION TO GO TO THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, THE APPROPRIATION. IT IS OUR PLAN. UNLESS YOU ALL HAVE DIFFERENT THINGS YOU WANT US TO DO, THAT WE WOULD ALSO FIX PUPIL TRANSPORTATION AND MAINTENANCE AND OPERATIONS AT THE SAME TIME.

SO AFTER SAYING ALL THAT, I DO, I DO NEED TO REMIND FOLKS THAT THE STATE BUDGET IS HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED BY THE GOVERNOR.

THEY ARE ONLY AMENDMENTS. AND UNTIL THE GOVERNOR SIGNS THE BUDGET, THEY ARE JUST AMENDMENTS.

BUT WHAT'S BEFORE HIM NOW? WE WOULD GET THE MILLION DOLLARS AND WE WOULD HAVE THE BONUS IN 25.

[01:55:01]

I GOT ONE MORE PAGE. OKAY. THAT'S FINE. AND WE DID NOT HAVE ANY PURCHASE ORDERS EXCEEDING $100,000.

NOW THAT'S IT. ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS FOR MISTER SORENSEN, MISTER JOHNSON, I DO HAVE SOME.

YES, SIR. SO THE GOVERNOR HAS UNTIL WHAT DAY TO SIGN THE BUDGET? YEAH. LET ME READ THIS TO YOU TO MAKE SURE I GET IT RIGHT. THE STATE. I THINK IT'S THE 24TH, BUT THE STATE PUTS SOMETHING ON THE CALC TOOL.

SO LET ME READ IT. SO I GET EXACTLY RIGHT. IF THE GOVERNOR DOES NOT SIGN THE BUDGET IT'S PRESENTED TO HIM, THE BUDGET WILL BE RETURNED TO THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AND ANY ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE GOVERNOR WILL HAVE TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AT THE RECONVENE SESSION SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 2ND, WHERE IT WILL VOTE TO ACCEPT OR REJECT HIS ACTIONS.

THEN THE BUDGET WILL BE RETURNED TO THE GOVERNOR FOR A SIGNATURE AND A FINAL VETO ACTION, SO HE DOESN'T HAVE TO VETO THE BUDGET IF HE DOESN'T SIGN IT.

IT GOES BACK TO APRIL IS CORRECT. THANK YOU. AND HAVE YOU HEARD ANY REASONS WHY HE WON'T SIGN IT? NO, I HAVEN'T REALLY THE ONLY THING I'VE JUST LIKE YOU FOLKS, PROBABLY JUST READING THE PAPER.

YOU KNOW, THERE ARE SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT SOME OF THE FEDERAL BUDGET ACTIONS BEING TAKEN.

WILL THAT IMPACT THEIR ANTICIPATED REVENUE? BUT OTHER THAN THAT, I DON'T REALLY KNOW ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE HIM NOT SIGN THE BUDGET.

I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING. AND YOU BRING UP SOMETHING IMPORTANT, AND I KNOW WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE BUDGET DISCUSSION.

SO AND I KNOW YOU LIKE EXACT ANSWERS, BUT IF YOU CAN FOR ME, I JUST WANT TO REMIND FIND EVERYONE OUT OF EVERY DOLLAR THAT THIS DIVISION GETS. WHAT HOW MANY CENT OF THAT DOLLAR OR PERCENT? WHATEVER YOU CHOOSE COMES FROM THE STATE. SO LET ME ANSWER.

OUR LOCAL COMPOSITE INDEX IS 0.23, SOMETHING ABOUT 23%.

SO NOT FROM THE STATE, RIGHT? NO. SO WE PAY 20.

WE PAY 23%. STATE 77% OF EVERY DOLLAR. SO $0.77 COMES FROM THE STATE.

EVERY DOLLAR $0.23 COMES FROM OUR LOCAL FUNDING.

CORRECT. FROM PRINCE GEORGE FOR STATE FUNDED PROGRAMS. YES. I DON'T EVERY DOLLAR WE RECEIVE. I DON'T WANT TO CONFUSE PEOPLE HERE.

I WANT TO MAKE SURE WE KEEP IT SIMPLE. FOR EVERY DOLLAR WE RECEIVE AND USE IN THIS DIVISION, WHAT PERCENT OR CENT PER DOLLAR DOES COMES FROM THE STATE? ABOUT $0.77 CENTS ON EVERY DOLLAR OR 77%. CORRECT.

OR AND THE AND THE LOCALITY FROM OUR LOCAL TAX BASE WHEREVER THAT COMES FROM REAL ESTATE TAX SALES, WHATEVER. IT'S ABOUT $0.23, RIGHT? CORRECT. AND I THINK THE FEDERAL OF THAT $0.77, I THINK WHY I'M CONFUSING YOU IS THERE'S ABOUT $0.05 THAT COMES FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TRYING TO FIND YOU GET EVERYTHING CORRECT.

SO WE GET ABOUT $5 MILLION FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, CORRECT. WE HAVE A COUPLE, NOT MUCH, BUT A LITTLE BIT THAT WE GENERATE ON OUR OWN THROUGH DIFFERENT SALES AND DIFFERENT FEES WE CHARGE.

OKAY. AND ARE WE IN DANGER OF LOSING FUNDING FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT? SOME OF THE I'VE, I'VE READ ARTICLES WHERE SOME OF THE FUNDING HAS ENDED ON SOME OF THE NUTRITION LIKE FARM TO TABLE AND OR HAVE YOU DONE ANY ANALYSIS ON ARE WE IN IN DANGER OF LOSING FUNDING? NO. I WISH I COULD ANSWER THAT, MR. JOHNSON. I KNOW EARLY ON DOCTOR LYELL SENT OUT A PIECE FROM ONE OF OUR PROFESSIONAL GROUPS THAT SAID THAT SCHOOL DIVISIONS WOULD BE OKAY BECAUSE THE FEDS WEREN'T IMPACTING FORMULA DRIVEN GRANTS.

BUT I'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE AT OTHER SCHOOL DIVISIONS THAT RECEIVED THE EXACT OPPOSITE INFORMATION FROM SOME OF THEIR PROFESSIONAL GROUPS. SO I'M SORRY, I REALLY DON'T HAVE AN ANSWER. I UNDERSTAND, BUT IT'S OUT THERE AND IT'S A LOT OF ARTICLES ON IT RIGHT NOW.

CORRECT. AND THE FEDERAL IMPACT AID, OR IN LAYMAN TERMS, THE MONEY WE GET BECAUSE WE HAVE FORT LEE IN OUR SCHOOL DIVISION.

THAT'S PART OF THAT 5 MILLION. IT IS. IT'S MOST OF IT.

YES, SIR. IT'S MOST OF IT, RIGHT? CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. 4.5, I THINK.

CORRECT. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH I APPRECIATE THAT.

YES, SIR. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISTER SORENSEN, MISS TAYLOR, MISS CHRIS, MISS ANDREWS.

OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. NEXT UP WILL BE VSBA FEBRUARY 2025 POLICY UPDATES.

[3. VSBA February 2025 Policy Updates - Dr. Lyle]

SO, AS YOU KNOW, THE SCHOOL DIVISION HAS A CONTRACT FOR POLICY MANUAL SERVICES WITH THE VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION.

THE STAFF ATTORNEY FOR VSBA REVIEWS LEGISLATION ADOPTED EACH YEAR BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY AS WELL AS CHANGES TO FEDERAL LAW, AND THEN MAKES CHANGES TO POLICY ACCORDINGLY.

AN EXPLANATION OF REVISIONS IS ATTACHED. CHANGES TO THE POLICIES ARE DESIGNATED BY UNDERLINING NEW LANGUAGE AND STRIKING THROUGH DELETED LANGUAGE.

[02:00:03]

AND THEN THESE POLICIES WILL BE PRESENTED TO YOU AT THE NEXT SCHOOL BOARD MEETING FOR APPROVAL.

AND I WILL TELL YOU AND, MISS KIRK, YOU CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT FOR THE MOST PART, THERE REALLY ARE NOT ANY SUBSTANTIVE CHANGES TO THESE POLICIES.

I THINK THERE'S MOSTLY UPDATES TO LEGAL AND CROSS-REFERENCES.

NOT REALLY. AGAIN, NOT MANY CHANGES TO CONTENT.

CORRECT. ALL RIGHT. SO THEY'LL BE BROUGHT BACK TO US NEXT MONTH OR THERE'S JUST AN UPDATE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT. SO DO WE HAVE USING THEM OR NOT THIS TIME? SO. SO TONIGHT IS JUST FOR REVIEW, AND THEN WE'LL BRING THEM BACK TO YOU NEXT MONTH FOR YOUR APPROVAL.

OKAY. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT. NEXT IS WE'RE GOING TO MOVE INTO ACTION ITEMS VSBA BUSINESS HONOR ROLL DOCTOR LOWELL.

[1. VSBA Business Honor Roll - Dr. Lyle]

HONOR ROLL IS A WAY FOR LOCAL SCHOOL DIVISIONS TO RECOGNIZE LOCAL BUSINESSES FOR THEIR SUPPORT, ESPECIALLY AS SCHOOLS FACE INCREASING BUDGET UNCERTAINTY.

THE BUSINESS HONOR ROLL HELPS THE DISTRICT SAY THANK YOU FOR THEIR VITAL CONTRIBUTIONS.

AND SO OUR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS SUBMITTED THEIR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UP TO THREE BUSINESSES FOR CONSIDERATION OF THE VSBA BUSINESS HONOR ROLL.

AND SO, A RESOLUTION RECOGNIZING THAT THOSE THREE LOCAL BUSINESSES WILL BE SUBMITTED TO THE VSBA BY MARCH THE 31ST.

SO WE HAVE A PROCLAMATION.

SO WHEREAS PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES ARE AN INTEGRAL, INTEGRAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY, AND WHEREAS MANY LOCAL BUSINESSES PLAY A CRUCIAL ROLE IN SUPPORTING OUR SCHOOLS.

AND WHEREAS THE ECONOMIC HEALTH OF OUR COMMUNITY, STATE AND NATION DEPENDS ON A STRONG PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.

AND WHEREAS COLLABORATION BETWEEN LOCAL PUBLIC SCHOOLS AND LOCAL BUSINESSES STRENGTHENS SCHOOLS AND THE BUSINESS COMMUNITY ALIKE BY PROVIDING A WELL TRAINED WELL-TRAINED AND HIGHLY EDUCATED WORKFORCE. AND WHEREAS AN EXCELLENT PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IS VITAL TO THE QUALITY OF LIFE IN THIS COMMUNITY AND FUNDAMENTAL TO PRESERVING A STRONG DEMOCRATIC SOCIETY NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD NAMES THE CAMERON FOUNDATION, THE EAGLES CLUB AND ROMA'S RESTAURANT TO THE 2025 VIRGINIA SCHOOL BOARDS ASSOCIATION BUSINESS HONOR ROLL, SHOWING APPRECIATION FOR THE ORGANIZATION'S ONGOING SUPPORT OF THIS COMMUNITY'S PUBLIC SCHOOLS.

THEIR WORK HAS AIDED THIS COMMUNITY AND FOCUSING ON THE GOAL OF PROVIDING THE BEST PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE CAN FOR EVERY CHILD WHO ATTENDS THEM.

ADOPTED THE 17TH DAY OF MARCH, 2025. ALL RIGHT.

YOU HAVE SEEN THE RECOMMENDATION. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? VIRGINIA. VIRGINIA. BUSINESS HONOR ROLL. I MAKE A MOTION.

WE APPROVE THE VSBA BUSINESS HONOR ROLL. SECOND MOTION BY MISS CHRIS.

SECOND BY MR. JOHNSON. ROLL CALL PLEASE. MISS TAYLOR.

YES. YES. YES. MRS. ANDREWS. YES. MRS. GRIST.

YES. MR. JOHNSON. YES. MR. HEALY. YES. ALL RIGHT.

NEXT. NEXT UP IS APPROVAL OF THE FY 24 CARRYOVER FUNDS.

[3. Approval of FY24 Carry Over Funds - Patrick Barnes]

WE ARE HERE THIS EVENING TO REVISIT THE TWO SPENDING PLANS FOR THE APPROXIMATELY JUST SHY OF $2.1 MILLION IN FISCAL YEAR 24.

ROLLOVER FUNDS INTO THE COUNTY CAPITAL PLAN SO THAT WE CAN I CAN RESUBMIT THIS PLAN TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AT THEIR APRIL 8TH MEETING.

AS YOU'LL SEE, THE PLAN ON THE LEFT IS WITHOUT A ROOFING PROJECT AT ANY OF THE SCHOOLS, WHICH WAS THE ORIGINAL PLAN WE SENT OVER.

AND THE PLAN ON THE RIGHT INCORPORATES THE ROOFING PROJECT AT BEASLEY FOR THEIR ENTIRE ROOFING SECTIONS OF G AND B.

SO MR. EALY AND MEMBERS OF THE BOARD WERE JUST ASKING TONIGHT FOR YOU ALL TO TAKE ACTION ON WHICH OPTION YOU WOULD LIKE FOR US TO TAKE BACK TO THE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THEIR APPROVAL.

[02:05:06]

THAT WOULD BE RIGHT. SO I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION FOR WHICH.

CARRYOVER YOU'D LIKE TO DO EITHER WITH BEASLEY ROOFING OR NO ROOFING AT BEASLEY.

AND THEN AFTER THAT WE CAN HAVE DISCUSSION. OR IS THERE ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. BARNES FIRST. SO TO BE CLEAR I JUST WANT TO REFRESH MY MEMORY. THESE WERE FUNDS THAT WERE ALLOCATED TO US IN THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR.

CORRECT? CORRECT. YES, SIR. AND THEY WERE NOT USED, SO WE DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THAT TOTAL AMOUNT WAS UNTIL ABOUT JANUARY OF 25. IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT. AFTER THE AUDITS WERE COMPLETED.

CORRECT. OKAY. WAS IT 2425 OR IS THAT CORRECT? NO. WHAT WAS IT? 23. 24. IT'S MONEY LEFT OVER FROM THE 2324 SCHOOL YEAR.

OKAY. THAT WAS LEFT OVER IN A CATEGORY OUTSIDE OF OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE.

AND BECAUSE WE WERE ON CATEGORICAL SPENDING, WE COULDN'T SPEND IT. AND WE NEVER APPROACHED THE COUNTY ABOUT RE-APPROPRIATING THE MONEY DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR. SO WE'RE WE HAD TO WAIT THROUGH ALL THE AUDITS.

WE DIDN'T KNOW HOW MUCH WE HAD. YEAH. CORRECT.

BECAUSE THERE'S A LAW OUT THERE THAT IF YOU KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HAVE, YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND ASSIGN IT TO, I THINK, A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT LIKE THIS. YEAH.

IT BECOMES DIFFICULT. SO IT'S ALREADY BEEN ALLOCATED.

BUT NOW WE HAVE TO ASK FOR ALLOCATION NOW. AND WE DID THAT ONCE.

AND THEN THEY CAME BACK AND SAID THEY WANTED A ROOFING PROJECT.

RIGHT. THEY THEY QUESTIONED US ON WHY IF WE HAD SO MANY ROOFING ISSUES, WHY NONE WERE INCLUDED AT THE TIME.

WE PRESENTED A VERY THOROUGH IN THE LAST 3 OR 4 YEARS HERE IN PRINCE GEORGE, OUR CAPITAL FUNDS, ESSER GRANT FUNDS, ANY, ANY EXTRA FUNDS FOR CAPITAL PROJECTS HAVE BEEN 100%.

HVAC AND ROOFING FORWARD. EVERYTHING THAT WE'VE PUT ON THIS LIST IS IS JUST AS BIG OF A NEED.

IT'S JUST A LOT MORE SMALLER PROJECTS THAT WE'VE NOT HAD FUNDING FOR IN THE PAST.

JUST FOR INSTANCE, AS A REMINDER, THE VEHICLES ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE SO FAR BEHIND IS OUR ANNUAL BUDGET FOR VEHICLE PURCHASES IS ONLY $50,000 IN THE ENTIRE BUDGET FOR THE ENTIRE DIVISION. AND AS YOU CAN SEE FROM THAT LIST THERE, WE HAVE ABOUT SEVEN VEHICLES ON THE ROAD RIGHT NOW.

YES. SEVEN VEHICLES ON THE ROAD RIGHT NOW WITH OVER 165,000 MILES ON IT.

AND EVEN THE $50,000 WE DID HAVE TO SPEND THIS YEAR ON VEHICLES WE HAD TO USE TO FUND THE FOURTH BUS.

SO WE COULD STAY SOMEWHAT ON SCHEDULE WITH THAT PLAN.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE ON THIS BOARD ARE TIRED OF HEARING IT, BUT WE HAD A LOT OF THAT STUFF BUILT IN OUR CONTINGENCY FUND AS WE KNEW THINGS WERE GOING TO BE OKAY. WE DIDN'T NEED THAT CONTINGENCY. YOU WERE ABLE TO BUY THOSE THINGS, CORRECT? CORRECT. YEAH. AND THEN WHEN THEY WENT TO CATEGORICAL FUNDING, I THINK A YEAR OR SO AGO, THEY TOOK $1 MILLION FROM OUR NORMAL BUDGET. THEY REDUCED IT BY $1 MILLION.

YES, SIR. IN ESSENCE, TAKING THE CONTINGENCY FUND.

AND MAYBE THAT WAS BECAUSE WE DID THAT REAL ESTATE TAX.

WE DIDN'T GO THROUGH WITH THE NEW APPRAISALS LAST YEAR OR WHATEVER.

OKAY. THANK YOU. I'M SO TO SEND IT BACK OVER WITHOUT A ROOFING PROJECT ISN'T IT? IT ISN'T. WE'RE NOT. THEY'RE ASKING US TO INCLUDE A ROOFING PROJECT.

IF WE JUST, SAY, SENT BACK OVER THERE WITHOUT A ROOFING PROJECT, THEY'LL PROBABLY SAY NO, AND WE'LL GET IT BACK CORRECT. I DON'T I DON'T BELIEVE THAT'S THE CASE.

MR. BROWN INDICATED THAT TOWARDS THE END OF THE MEETING THAT I ATTENDED LAST MONTH, THAT THEY WERE GOING TO APPROVE THE FUNDING FOR US.

THEY WERE JUST CURIOUS AS TO WHY WE WEREN'T INCLUDING ROOFING PROJECTS AND HAD A LOT OF QUESTIONS SURROUNDING THAT.

NET. IT SEEMED THAT THE COUNTY BOARD WAS GETTING MORE QUESTIONS, CONCERNS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT OUR ROOFS THAN WE ARE.

WE'VE GONE BACK AND REALLY, REALLY LOOKED INTO IT, RESEARCHED IT.

WE DO HAVE THE NEXT ROOFING PROJECT THAT'S ON OUR BIG TO DO CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT LIST FROM OUR OUR FAITHFUL AND GOLD STUDIES, COMBINED WITH THE ROOFING CONSULTANT IS THE REMAINING PIECE OF CLEMENTS THAT WE HAVEN'T DONE.

WE'VE DONE ABOUT 60% OF CLEMENTS. WE HAVE NOT DONE THE OTHER 40% DUE TO LACK OF FUNDING.

THE MOST PREVALENT CONCERN WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, IT WASN'T JUST FUNDING, IT WAS ALSO TIMING.

WHEN THEY RECOMMENDED WE HAD THOSE ROOF STUDIES, WE PAID THAT EXPERT TO COME IN.

YES. YES, SIR. YES. AND WE HAVE IT. IT'S ALL IN OUR CIP PLAN WITH A YEAR THAT WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE IT DONE WITH FUNDING BASED ON NEED.

IT'S ALL BEEN SPELLED OUT. IT'S BEEN MAINTAINED FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

[02:10:03]

BECAUSE WE HAVE DONE NUMEROUS HVAC PROJECTS AND SMALLER ROOF PROJECTS, AND THE BIG CLEMENTS ROOF PROJECT, THE 60%. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. AND THANK YOU FOR PRESENTING THAT NIGHT. WE APPRECIATE YOU. AND HAPPY TO GO BACK ON THE EIGHTH.

I DON'T THINK THEY'LL DENY IT ON THE EIGHTH. IF WE COME BACK WITHOUT A ROOFING PROJECT, WE ARE SPENDING SOME OF THE ROOFING MONEY.

WE DO HAVE ANOTHER $107,569 IN THAT FUND. THAT WILL BE APPLIED TO ROOFING.

UNFORTUNATELY, IT'S NOT ENOUGH TO DO A COMPLETE PROJECT ANYWHERE.

JUST BECAUSE ROOFING IS SO EXPENSIVE. JUST AS A FRIENDLY REMINDER, I BELIEVE WE SPOKE LAST MEETING WHEN WE BUDGETED OUT THE CLEMENTS PROJECT 3 OR 4 YEARS AGO. IT WAS IN THE LOW 600,000, AND OUR CURRENT BUDGET TO COMPLETE THAT CLEMENTS PROJECT IS $900,000.

SO THE FURTHER IT GETS PUNTED DOWN THE ROAD, THE MORE EXPENSIVE IT GETS.

MISS TAYLOR, MISS HIS INJURIES. ANY QUESTIONS? YEAH, I HAVE ONE. AND I'M SURE THIS IS GOING TO MAKE PEOPLE UPSET.

AND I'M SORRY. THE SMART BOARDS, WE CUT THOSE DOWN BECAUSE OF THE ROOF.

THEY'RE NOT AS IMPORTANT AS THE SOFTBALL FIELD LIGHTS.

I THINK THERE WAS ANOTHER FUNDING SOURCE FOR THAT.

IF I'M NOT CORRECT. THERE WAS A GRANT. THERE IT IS.

OKAY. YEAH, IT'S WHY WE CUT IT. WE CAN MAKE UP FOR THAT.

IT WASN'T THAT WE WEREN'T GOING TO GET THEM. WELL, I KNOW THAT, BUT WE'RE NOT GETTING MANY, IS WHAT I'M SAYING. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH THE GRANT IS, BUT I KNOW WE'RE RUNNING WAY BEHIND WITH THOSE.

AND I KNOW SPORTS ARE IMPORTANT, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT TECHNOLOGY IN THE CLASSROOM IS MORE IMPORTANT.

MISS ANDREWS, IF I MAY, I WOULD LIKE TO REITERATE THAT THE SOFTBALL FIELD LIGHTS FOR US ARE NOT A SPORTS NEED.

THEY ARE A SAFETY NEED. THEY ARE WOODEN TELEPHONE POLES THAT HAVE BEEN IN THE GROUND FOR OVER 30 YEARS.

SO THEY ARE. WE PUT THEM ON THERE AS A VERY HIGHLIGHTED SAFETY AND SECURITY NEED SO THAT THEY DON'T COME DOWN.

ONE DAY PRIOR TO US HAVING THEM REMOVED, I. THERE ARE OTHER THINGS ON THERE THAT THAT WE MAY OR THE BOARD MAY PRIORITIZE THE SMART BOARDS OVER.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DO UNDERSTAND THE SOFTBALL FIELDS ARE NOT A LUXURY.

THEY'RE THEY'RE A. OKAY. I JUST LIKE I SAID, WE'RE LACKING IN TECHNOLOGY.

AND SO THAT'S MY CONCERN. AND JUST TO REITERATE, MR. BARNES, IN MY CONVERSATION WITH CHAIRMAN BROWN OVER THAT EVENING THAT YOU SO ELOQUENTLY STOOD THERE AND TOOK THAT.

WAS THAT THEIR INTENTION WAS NOT TO NOT APPROVE IT? IF WE CAME BACK WITH NO ROOFING PROJECTS, IT WAS THAT THERE WAS SOME THOUGHT OR CONCERN THAT IF WE HAD A TRACTOR FOR $60,000 AND IT CAME BACK AT 40, THAT THAT MONEY, THEY WANTED THE MONEY TO BE EXACT FIGURES ALMOST.

AND I THINK, YES, THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT ROOFING PROJECTS, BUT I THINK YOU HAD A CONVERSATION WITH MISS DRURY EARLY IN THE DAY.

YES, SIR. ABOUT SOME CONCERN ABOUT SOME OF THOSE NUMBERS, BECAUSE THE LIGHTS IN THE GYM AT, AT NORTH HAD COME BACK DIFFERENT OR HAD NOT BEEN PLACED IN THERE.

SO I THINK THAT WAS A CONCERN AS WELL, MORE SO THAN WHETHER WE SEND IT BACK ACROSS THE STREET WITH A ROOFING PROJECT.

I ALSO KNOW THAT THE LAST BOARD MEETING, THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS IN ASKED IN REFERENCE TO SINCE WE'RE IN CARRYOVER MONEY ABOUT CARRYOVER MONEY FOR NEXT YEAR AND WE WOULD BE ABLE TO WE HAD A CONVERSATION DOCTOR LYLE, MYSELF AND YOU AND MR. BROWN HAD A CONVERSATION THAT WE COULD ROLL OVER CARRYOVER MONEY INTO NEXT YEAR.

IF WE KNOW IN APRIL OR MAY. AND, MR. SORENSEN, YOU KNOW, WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE BUDGET, THE DAY YOU AND I HAD THIS CONVERSATION THAT WE COULD ROLL OVER MONEY INTO THE CIP, AND WE DON'T HAVE TO USE THAT BY JUNE 30TH.

SO IF WE KNOW AND WE DON'T JUST HAVE A SAVINGS ACCOUNT THAT WE CAN JUST USE FOR WHATEVER.

SO WHICH BOARD SUPERVISORS MEMBERS SO ELOQUENTLY PUT THAT SET ON THIS BOARD FOR 16 YEARS? WHO KNOWS ABOUT CARRYOVER FUNDS? SO HE WE DON'T HAVE A SAVINGS FUND.

IS THAT RIGHT? CORRECT, CORRECT. SO WE COULD ROLL THAT INTO THE CARRYOVER FUND AND USE IT NEXT YEAR.

[02:15:04]

AND MR. SORENSON SAYS I'M SAFE WITH MOVING THIS AMOUNT.

THAT IS CORRECT. AND COMBINED WITH THAT, MR. ELY, TO YOUR POINT, THE I KNOW YOU ALL THINK IT'S PROBABLY ODD TO HAVE THAT 175, 69, 44 TO THE SIDE, BUT IT'S JUST SO WE ALL KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT NUMBER IS THE MONEY THAT'S ALREADY IN THE COUNTY ROOFING FUND WILL WILL BE AFTER THE APRIL 8TH MEETING BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T WE DIDN'T VOTE ON THAT EITHER. OR THE BOARD DIDN'T VOTE ON THAT EITHER. SO IN ADDITION TO IF MR. SORENSON, WHATEVER NUMBER HE RELEASES, IF WE PUT IT IN THE CAPITAL FUND FOR FUTURE ROOFING PROJECTS, IT WILL BE COMBINED WITH THE 175, 69, 44. IF THE BOARD APPROVES THE NO ROOFING COLUMN TONIGHT.

CORRECT. WE WILL HOLD IT UNTIL OTHER OTHER MONIES ARE ARE ALLOCATED SO WE CAN COMPLETE.

AND THAT NIGHT WE NEVER GOT TO THE 107 WHICH HAS THE BEASLEY SOME OF THE BEASLEY ROOFING.

CORRECT. BECAUSE WE NEVER GOT PAST THIS PART.

RIGHT. AND I THINK THERE WAS SOME MISUNDERSTANDING ON MAYBE THEIR PART THAT THEY DIDN'T.

WE NEVER GOT TO IT, SO THERE WAS NO THOUGHT OF THAT.

AND ME AND MR. BROWN AND I HAD THAT CONVERSATION AND HE UNDERSTANDS THAT PART NOW, BUT WE NEVER GOT TO IT THAT NIGHT WHEN THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONS BROUGHT UP ABOUT ROOFS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS. YES, SIR.

SO JUST SO WE ALL UNDERSTAND THAT THE SCHOOL DIVISION DOES NOT HAVE A SAVINGS ACCOUNT.

THIS. IF WE'RE ABLE TO ROLL OVER MONEY INTO THE CIP, THEN WE COULD DO THAT AS LONG AS WE PUT IT IN THERE BEFORE JUNE 30TH, AND THEN WE CAN DO THAT NEXT, THOSE PROJECTS NEXT YEAR.

BUT THAT HAS TO BE AN AMOUNT THAT WE FEEL COMFORTABLE.

AND MR. SORENSEN FEELS COMFORTABLE THAT WE KNOW WE CAN PUT THAT IN THERE.

SO I'M OFF MY SOAPBOX. SO WHAT I WILL TAKE NOW IS I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO FOR NO ROOFING OR BEASLEY ROOFING SO WE CAN GET MR. BARNES BACK ACROSS THE STREET TO PRESENT, AND WE CAN GET IT APPROVED AND GO FORWARD.

MR.. YES, SIR. I FEEL LIKE THE COUNTY CERTAINLY WORKING WITH US.

YES. TURNING THE MONEY THEY TOOK, THEY'VE HAD POSITIVE CONVERSATIONS WITH YOU.

THEY'VE ASKED THAT WE DO SOME ROOFING. I'M IF IF THE ROOFING IS NEEDED AT BEASLEY, AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO BE REPLACING THAT SCHOOL IN THE NEAR FUTURE WHERE IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE WE ARE. I DON'T THINK IT'S I THINK IT'S IT'S FINE TO DO AND I THINK PARTNERSHIP AND TRYING TO BE, YOU KNOW GOOD YOU KNOW WE NEED TO WORK TOGETHER WITH THE COUNTY.

SO I WILL MOVE THAT. WE DO THE COLUMN THAT IS LABELED BEASLEY ROOFING.

ALL RIGHT. I HAVE A MOTION ON THE TABLE FROM MR. JOHNSON FOR BEAZLEY ROOFING. IS THERE A SECOND? I SECOND. I HAVE A SECOND BY MISS CRIST. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THE BEAZLEY? ALL RIGHT. WELL, I'M SORRY WITH THE WANDS. DID WE SAY WE COULD GET THAT WITH SOME SECURITY MONEY? SO MR. BRUBAKER, IF YOU'LL SCROLL BACK UP THE OBJECT DETECTORS AND WANDS, THE SECONDARY SCHOOL ONES ARE ALREADY BEING PURCHASED. WE WERE WAITING FOR TONIGHT'S MEETING TO PULL THAT TO TO ISSUE THAT PURCHASE ORDER.

THE HIGH SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL AND JJ MOORE MIDDLE SCHOOL.

UNITS ARE BEING PURCHASED FROM THIS YEAR'S SECURITY GRANT FUNDS.

THAT'S WHY THEY'RE NOT ON THERE ON EITHER COLUMN. ON THE SECOND COLUMN, IF WE DO NOT ON EITHER COLUMN, ONE MORE ADDITIONAL SET OF THREE IS BEING PURCHASED FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS.

IF WE ONLY PURCHASE THE ONE SET OF THREE, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE HEADED WITH THE BEAZLEY ROOFING COLUMN. THEY WOULD BE USED FOR LARGE EVENTS, DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT NEEDS AS THEY AS THEY HAVE THEM.

IF WE GO WITH THE IF THE BOARD SWITCHES FROM WHERE WE ARE RIGHT NOW AND WENT TO THE NO ROOFING PROJECT, THE MONEY TO PURCHASE THEM ALL FOR EVERY SCHOOL WOULD GO INTO THE CAPITAL FUND.

WITH THE UNDERSTANDING ON OUR TEAM'S END THAT WE REALLY NEED TO GET THE HIGH SCHOOL ONES INSTALLED, IMPLEMENTED PROCEDURES, STAFFING WORKED OUT BEFORE WE SPEND ANY MONEY ON ALL THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ONES.

IT'S GOING TO BE A BIG TASK TO OPERATE THOSE EFFICIENTLY AND EFFECTIVELY EVERY DAY.

SO WITH THE CURRENT MOTION THAT'S ON THE TABLE RIGHT NOW FOR THE TO DO THE BEAZLEY ROOFING PROJECT, THERE WOULD ONLY BE THREE SETS OF THOSE DETECTORS PURCHASED FOR USE AMONGST THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, SO IT WOULD NOT BE A DAILY USE.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? HEARING? NO DISCUSSION.

[02:20:05]

YES. THANK YOU ALL. OKAY. DOCTOR. LYLE, THE VDOE MICRO GRANT.

[4. VDOE Microgrant - Dr. Martin]

WE WERE APPROVED FOR THE GRANT. RECEIVED OUR NOTICE THAT WE WERE APPROVED FOR THE GRANT, AND THEN THE STATE LET US KNOW THAT BECAUSE SOME OF THESE FUNDS WERE GOING TO BE FUNDED THROUGH TITLE ONE.

WE DO NEED THIS BOARD'S APPROVAL TO MOVE FORWARD.

SO WE APPRECIATE YOUR YOUR SUPPORT SO THAT WE CAN DOT ALL THE I'S AND CROSS ALL THE T'S ON THIS ONE.

DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR MARTIN? HEARING NONE.

I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION. I MOVE TO ACCEPT THE VDOE MICRO GRANT.

I SECOND. MOTION BY MISS CHRIS. SECOND BY MISS TAYLOR.

ROLL CALL PLEASE. MR. JOHNSON. YES. MISS TAYLOR? YES. MRS. ANDREWS? YES. MRS.. CHRIS. YES. YES.

AND THE LAST IS THE VSBA CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

[5. VSBA Code of Conduct for School Board Members - Dr. Lyle]

AND SO I'M BRINGING TO YOU TONIGHT A RECOMMENDATION TO REVIEW AND SIGN THE VSBA CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR DOCTOR LYLE? I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE VSBA CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS.

I MOVE THAT WE APPROVE. MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON.

DO I HEAR A SECOND? A SECOND? SECOND, BY MISS ANDREWS.

ROLL CALL PLEASE. MISS TAYLOR. YES. MRS. CRISP.

ABSTAIN. MR. ELY. YES. MRS. ANDREWS. YES. MR. JOHNSON. YES. MOTION CARRIES. NOW, I NEED TO ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO GO BACK INTO CLOSED SESSION TO FINISH THE TWO ITEMS THAT WE DID NOT FINISH.

[L. CLOSED SESSION (If needed)]

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. MOTION TO ADD THE. YEAH, WELL, I NEED A MOTION TO ADD THE PERSONNEL ITEM.

MR. JOHNSON JUST DID THAT. I NEED A SECOND. YEAH.

I MOVE THAT WE ADD ANOTHER PERSONNEL MATTER TO THE CLOSED SESSION.

I NEED A SECOND. YOU GO SECOND. SECOND BY MISS CHRIS.

ROLL CALL, MISS TAYLOR. YES, MR. JOHNSON? YES.

MRS.. CHRIS? YES. YES. YES. NOW, I NEED A MOTION TO ENTERTAIN TO GO INTO CLOSED SESSION.

WE HAVE TO READ THE WHOLE THING AGAIN. I MAKE A MOTION.

WE GO INTO CLOSED SESSION. OH. I'M SORRY. GO AHEAD.

TO DISCUSS EXACTLY WHAT WE DISCUSSED EARLIER.

I NEED TO READ THE WHOLE. NO, MA'AM. IT'S ALREADY READ EARLIER. OKAY. MOTION BY MISS ANDREWS, SECOND BY MISS CHRIS. ROLL CALL.

MR. JOHNSON. YES. MRS.. CHRIS. YES. MISS ANDREWS.

YES. MISS TAYLOR? YES. MR.. YES. WE SHALL BE BACK.

AT THE SCHOOL BOARD HAS BEEN IN CLOSED SESSION.

[M. PUBLIC SESSION (if needed)]

I MAKE A MOTION. WE COME OUT OF CLOSED SESSION BACK INTO OPEN, DISCUSSING ONLY THE ITEMS THAT WE SAID WE WERE GOING TO DISCUSS.

[02:25:04]

ROLL CALL. MR. JOHNSON. YES. MISS TAYLOR? YES.

YES. ANDREWS. YES. YES. CERTIFICATIONS IN P 36 2425.

RECOMMENDATION IS TO ACCEPT THE EMPLOYEES RESIGNATION.

THERE. THE RESOLUTION. I MAKE A MOTION. WE ACCEPT THE RECOMMENDATION.

A SECOND. MOTION BY MISS TAYLOR. SECOND BY MISS ANDREWS.

ROLL CALL PLEASE. YES. MR. JOHNSON? YES. MISS ANDREWS? YES. MISS TAYLOR? YES. MR. ELY? YES. S. IN P 37, 2425.

THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO ACCEPT THE EMPLOYEES REQUEST.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY MISS CRIST. SECOND. SECOND.

BY MR. JOHNSON. ROLL CALL. MRS. ANDREWS. YES.

MR. JOHNSON. YES. MR. TAYLOR. YES. YES. YES. I TAKE THIS IN.

P WE THINK IT'S 38 OF 2425. INFORMATION ONLY.

MOTION TO ADJOURN. NOPE. OH, HEAVENS. YES. MOTION TO ADJOURN.

SECOND. MOTION BY MR. JOHNSON. SECOND BY MISS CHRIS.

ROLL CALL. MISS ANDREWS. YES. MR. JOHNSON. YES.

CHRIS. YES. MISS TAYLOR? YES. MR. HEALY. YES.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.